Reconsidering Pinterest

After an interesting read, on Copyright issues, by Leah, of the Free Motion Quilting Project, I found myself reconsidering Pinterest. I'm all for the sharing of ideas and have long since found it ludicrous in the quilting world that so many quilters want to copyright methods, patterns and blocks that have been around for years. Also, Pinterest has changed some of their terms. 

I will cautiously dip my toes back into the Pinterest waters. I found Leah's article a great read.  So, in the interest of sharing ideas, I'm removing the code which stops pinning from my blog and will again, allow my Flickr photos to be pinned.


And because no blog post is complete without a few pics....
Here's a little bit of fabric that is trying to tempt me away from my current project.

Putting Pinterest To Rest/Thank You For Your Input

Putting Pinterest to Rest...so to speak, is not all that easy. It is quite simple to put a "Follow me on Pinterest" button on your blog but not nearly as straight forward, to figure out, the "this is a no pin site message". Pinterest's help page gives you the info, but for the life of me, I can't get it working. Now I do realize I'm not a technical genius....but why should I spend all this time stopping something I didn't start??.

Yes, yes...I realize my annoyance is starting to show through. Oh dear, and I'm usually so cheerful, well maybe not that cheerful.

I started out sitting on the fence.....what swayed me?? I took the time to read the following articles.

1. Pinterest Pandemonium
2. Pinterest a Haven for Copyright Violations
3. Why I Tearfully Deleted My Pinterest Inspiration Boards

Another thing that swayed me is the fact that people are often pinning without asking permission. What harm is there in that, you may ask?

Here is my personal experience. I recently posted photo's of Elizabeth Barton's  work, with her permission, on my blog. Our agreement was, that I link all photos back to her website. Being very amazing work, of course it has been pinned and re pinned. The pins link back to my website but not to the specific post with all of Elizabeth's relevant info. Someone would have to dig through my blog to find them....are they going to do that? Not likely! I've seen pictures of Elizabeth's work pinned and her name is not even mentioned. I am trying to contact those "pinners" so that they give credit where credit is do. I'm finding this somewhat upsetting.

There is one more thing....and it scares me the most. If the information, in the above articles, is correct, the images are now owned by Pinterest!!!! How can this be?? I would so love this, not to be true.

Thank you all so much for your comments, especially Deborah O'Hara and Kit Lang for bringing some of this to my attention. 

If you want to know if your work has been pinned, go to: http://pinterest.com/source/yourdomainname.com/
It might surprise you!

Until some of these issues are cleared up I'm putting Pinterest to Rest....so sad.

If anyone has more info, feel free......I would love to be able to create inspiration boards without violating any one's privacy.

Amazing What One Can Find in the Sale Bin /My Pinterest Conclusion

I'm back on the coast, escaping the 25cm of snow, that fell back home, on the weekend. Best of all, I brought two fellow Blockheads with me......not only are they my quilting buddies they are wonderful friends. You know the kind....the ones that make you laugh until you cry, they are both cackling, in the background as I type.

The first order of business was a little Shop Hopping!!!

I can sniff out a bargain a mile away.....it's amazing what one can find, in the sale bins!!!

Next, I wanted to thank all of you, that gave your extremely, helpful, comments regarding Pinterest.

Here is what I've concluded:

• If you are going to pin.....allow your work to be pinned, only fair, I think.
• Make sure the name of the person who's work is being pinned is mentioned.....not just the name of the blog that happens to have that person's work, on their blog. The blogger is probably giving credit, but I feel it is our responsibility to do the same when we pin.
• I agree that once you put your work out there you loose a fair bit of control...it's the nature of the beast.

That said....I will probably use Pinterest somewhat, or maybe a lot, I'm not sure yet. Personally, I want to be very careful that I give credit where credit is due. Thanks again, for taking the time to comment, I found it very helpful. 

Amendment......as I was answering all my comments on this subject Deborah O'Hare brought my attention to this blog post. This is a very worthwhile read. 

After reading about Pinterest being a Haven for Copyright Violations I might be putting Pinterest to Rest, for me that is.

I'll keep you posted.

Pinterest / To Pin or Not to Pin

Pinterest...do I love it or hate it?

To be honest I'm not sure. I have noticed that some of you don't allow your work to be pinned. 

To be honest I didn't know I had that option. How do you do that anyway?

I would love your opinion....the good, the bad and the ugly.

 I was about to jump on the bandwagon but something is holding me back. I think my biggest reservation is that I'm not notified when I'm being pinned...honest, I didn't feel a single prick. I didn't feel a thing with the re-pinning either...what's that about?

 With Flickr we see who favours our work and we see the comments, which seems more ethical to me.

I would love your honest take on this.