Name: Allison Tyler Pinterest URL: http://www.Pinterest.com/wtfPinterest/ and http://www.Pinterest.com/allisontyler/ Twitter handle : www.twitter.com/WTFPinterest Website: http://www.wtfPinterest.com Occupation: Publishing employee by day, artist/writer by night. Oh, and I curate a site called WTFPinterest.com where I share pins I’ve seen on Pinterest that make me say WTF?, as well as various creative projects. Feel free to send me your submissions wtfPinterest@gmail.com Location: New York City Q. 3 reasons why you love Pinterest: 1. Discovery. 2. Inspiration. 3. Social interaction minus the interaction.
Q. Why are you on Pinterest? It relaxes me – pure fun. Q. The reason you pin? I like to share the things I find as much as I like exploring the shares of others. Q. Your favourite ever pin? Wow, that’s a hard one. I love so many that it would be impossible to pick, but this one comes to mind because it cracked me up enough that I tracked it down to give to my fiancé for Valentine’s Day. http://Pinterest.com/pin/37858453087063827/ Q. In your opinion what makes a good pin? Hmmm, like beauty, it’s all in the eye of the beholder. Something I might find hilarious or curious or exciting or insane might be completely banal to someone else, and vice versa. I can say that a bad pin is one in which the original source is not credited. Things pinned from Tumblr are notorious for being dead-ends. I’m working my way through everything I’ve ever pinned in both my accounts to be sure I have no dead-ends. Q. Top 3 tips for Pinterest? 1. CREDIT THE SOURCE OF THE IMAGE. I cannot stress this enough. 2. Pin your own finds, as well as repinning the things you like of others. Let your boards express your personality. 3. Get creative with your boards – they don’t just have to contain things you want to acquire or make. Find a new use no one has tried before. I recently interviewed the first guy using Pinterest as
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