As much as I hate it, I suspect there is one answer with nearly perfect correlation as to why Pinterest is losing users and their engagement: Instagram.
User retention at Pinterest: tackling an ambiguous problem
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Re: User retention at Pinterest: tackling an ambiguous problem
#12The fact that registration is required for no obvious reason kinda makes the site a no-go zone for me. I only occasionally land there via Google Image search. Maybe I'm just not the right target audience, since I'm not a social media guy. For my specialized interests there are better aggregators such as specific subreddits / HN. Forcing registration is part of the user retention strategy, but for me it makes using th…
the site disgusts me because it pollutes google image searches so thoroughly and combined with the mentioned required registration just makes it poison overall. when I have to filter a site to get results I can use there is a problem and there needs to be an easy method to permanent filter such sites.
I wish I could filter Pinterest and more importantly Quora from all search results forever. I consider those sites deceptive and malicious spam.
Google released a Chrome addon that filters sites, but this doesn't help users of other browsers and it hadn't been updated in over three years.
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#13Sick and tired of registrations tracking spying builtin microphones on new spytv calling it smart tv for who, I get no benefit out this game forced upon all users. Terms and service agreements of bloatware, websites never improve my viewing pleasure or work better forcing users to conform get stuffed. Hit the Back button best voting option I have right now. I have learned to live without G-You-TwitFace, even while on news.ycombinator if website has pop-up sign-up begging, forced to conform and jump through hoops I hit the back button, mostly enjoy reading the comments that's the real story people talk about, and where you find the best information. Thxs for letting us vent, other than that everything is A OK thxs
Re: User retention at Pinterest: tackling an ambiguous problem
#14Pinterest is that it’s a fantastic way to browse collections (“recipes”, “decorating ideas”, “gift ideas”) which are both stable and visual.
I use Pinterest on a weekly basis for recipes because my wife and I share a board. Evidently I’m a power user by their metric.
But the problem is they are bound by impossible growth projections, which prevent them from making Pinterest into the best once-weekly-recipe-tool.
In my opinion their search for social media dominance is a real drawback.
Re: User retention at Pinterest: tackling an ambiguous problem
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
the site disgusts me because it pollutes google image searches so thoroughly and combined with the mentioned required registration just makes it poison overall. when I have to filter a site to get results I can use there is a problem and there needs to be an easy method to permanent filter such sites.
I wish I could filter Pinterest and more importantly Quora from all search results forever. I consider those sites deceptive and malicious spam. Google released a Chrome addon that filters sites, but this doesn't help users of other browsers and it hadn't been updated in over three years.
Google briefly had a feature (back in the ExpertSexChange days) where you could ban a domain from your search results. I miss that feature. Now Pinterest gets blocked at DNS via pi-hole. At least it is something.
Re: User retention at Pinterest: tackling an ambiguous problem
#16> When I joined the growth team at Pinterest There it is, right there. 'Growth team' - a team dedicated to using every dirty trick in the book to retain users. Facebook has one too, and that team was responsible for all the shady cross-app data sharing on peoples phones. Instead of treating your users as 'assets' simply to be owned and controlled, why not actually ask them about their experience of using your service…
I do not see the purpose it serves
Yeah, you do, you said so in the first paragraph. But as I just told my wife, it’s why I (and you, I presume) aren’t billionaires: I’m all focused on how it serves the user, while completely ignoring that I’ve built a Christmas wish list for adults and I can beat that monetization drum until the head breaks.
Re: User retention at Pinterest: tackling an ambiguous problem
#17Pinterest is that it’s a fantastic way to browse collections (“recipes”, “decorating ideas”, “gift ideas”) which are both stable and visual. I use Pinterest on a weekly basis for recipes because my wife and I share a board. Evidently I’m a power user by their metric. But the problem is they are bound by impossible growth projections, which prevent them from making Pinterest into the best once-weekly-recipe-tool. In m…
You can tell they don't want to be a useful tool, rather they want to suck in as many users as they can and extract as much eyeball time as they can.
I have multiple friends who are addicted to just scrolling through pinterest. The few times where I've thought it might be useful I've been stopped from using it and told to make an account (I don't want to post anything back to them, I don't see why I should have to keep track of yet another set of credentials just for them.)
If they where less aggressive toward their current and potential users and instead looked at them with realistic and helpful attitude they would probably be awesome. Right now I want nothing to do with them and I personally stay away.
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#18For me, Pinterest works exactly how I want it to - as a store for inspiration images. I use it heavily for storing concept art to later draw inspiration from when doing game design, digital art, or screen-printing designs. Granted, I don't find the search helpful at all and the embedded pins are terribly irreverent and annoying.
If you are a Pinterest user and are interested in a large collection of fantasy/cyberpunk artwork, you can see how I use it here (registration required of course):
Re: User retention at Pinterest: tackling an ambiguous problem
#19The fact that registration is required for no obvious reason kinda makes the site a no-go zone for me. I only occasionally land there via Google Image search. Maybe I'm just not the right target audience, since I'm not a social media guy. For my specialized interests there are better aggregators such as specific subreddits / HN. Forcing registration is part of the user retention strategy, but for me it makes using th…
Not only is it forced registration, it's unusable without a fuckin BROWSER EXTENSION that can watch all of your traffic to any site. HELL no.
Re: User retention at Pinterest: tackling an ambiguous problem
#20The fact that registration is required for no obvious reason kinda makes the site a no-go zone for me. I only occasionally land there via Google Image search. Maybe I'm just not the right target audience, since I'm not a social media guy. For my specialized interests there are better aggregators such as specific subreddits / HN. Forcing registration is part of the user retention strategy, but for me it makes using th…
Not only is it forced registration, it's unusable without a fuckin BROWSER EXTENSION that can watch all of your traffic to any site. HELL no.
What do you mean by this? (honest question, I dont use pinterest so this sounds weird)