Check out Pinterest rip off Pinspire!

Look familiar? That’s because this site, Pinspire, is an almost exact replica of the ever-growing Pinterest.

What do you think? Should they be able to get away with setting up something like this? Will it fail? Is Pinterest established enough now to survive the copycats? Love to hear your thoughts.

Pinterest can no longer sell shared content

Pinterest today notified its members of major changes to its terms of service. It follows weeks of controversy over the latest social media craze, popular with us visual types. Much as everyone’s all over Pinterest lately, its popularity has not come without some questions, especially over fears people’s shared content could be sold.

Today’s statement from Pinterest co-founder Ben Silbermann says: “When we first launched Pinterest, we used a standard set of Terms. We think that the updated Terms of Service, Acceptable Use Policy, and Privacy Policy are easier to understand and better reflect the direction our company is headed in the future. We’d encourage you to read these changes in their entirety, but we thought there were a few changes worth noting.

  • Our original Terms stated that by posting content to Pinterest you grant Pinterest the right for to sell your content. Selling content was never our intention and we removed this from our updated Terms.
  • We updated our Acceptable Use Policy and we will not allow pins that explicitly encourage self-harm or self-abuse.
  • We released simpler tools for anyone to report alleged copyright or trademark infringements.
  • Finally, we added language that will pave the way for new features such as a Pinterest API and Private Pinboards.

We think these changes are important and we encourage you to review the new documents here. These terms will go into effect for all users on April 6, 2012. Like everything at Pinterest, these updates are a work in progress that we will continue to improve upon. We’re working hard to make Pinterest the best place for you to find inspiration from people who share your interest.”

What do you think? Are you happier to use Pinterest in light of these changes?

Interiors Addict LOVES Pinterest! Find me at www.pinterest.com/interiorsaddict

Homelife.com.au has a new look

Homelife.com.au, brought to us by Inside Out and Country Style magazines, relaunched with a new look today and I really like it. Nice clean look, plenty of practical tips, blogs and how-tos. I love both these magazines and, as an editor for my day job, I appreciate the importance these days of having a good online presence to complement your print magazine. Print isn’t dead if you get your other channels right too. Check it out, it’s well worth a look. I especially like the Pinterest-like style book that lets you collect your favourite images from around the site.

www.homelife.com.au

I’m finally on Pinterest!

I’m finally on Pinterest! Click here.

Etsy meets Pinterest and makes Scrollsy!

Have you checked this out yet? Scrollsy is like a Pinterest version of Etsy. So you can actually buy the things that come up when you search. If you love Etsy and you love Pinterest, you’re going to REALLY love browsing this! It works particularly well on the iPad too. WARNING: If you have stuff to do, don’t go near this site. You could be there a while…