Pinterest has categories and is non-linear. Tumbler is (IMHO) linear.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
hippocampus - Dec 12, 2011 6:20:13 am PST #11115 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
§ ita § - Dec 12, 2011 6:22:37 am PST #11116 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What do you mean by linear? And what do you get from categories different from tags (which I see that Pinterest also has)?
Sue - Dec 12, 2011 6:23:46 am PST #11117 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Someone sell Pinterest to me. What would I use it for instead of tumblring whatever caught my eye?
You can group things by category, so you would need a tumblr for every seperate fascination. There's a bookmarklet that allows you to easily pin things from other websites (the only exception I've found is Facebook.) It's useful for bookmarking, in a visual way, things to buy, recipes, craft projects, etc. You get to see what other people are pinning and repin them.
erikaj - Dec 12, 2011 6:24:28 am PST #11118 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Hec, I think that's Shrift.
Ginger - Dec 12, 2011 6:24:57 am PST #11119 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Well, dammit Home Depot is implicated as well.
Representatives of Home Depot and several other companies that Florida "Family" has claimed to have influenced say that they only purchased one ad. FFA seems to be including any company that advertised on earlier episodes and not the most recent.
Lowe's, on the other hand, pulled a campaign.
DavidS - Dec 12, 2011 6:26:45 am PST #11120 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hec, I think that's Shrift.
Winner winner, chicken dinner!
Who said this?
I don't think I could bear to be murdered and cannibalized by someone in a beret.
Sue - Dec 12, 2011 6:28:36 am PST #11121 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Oh, oh...Calli?
Jessica - Dec 12, 2011 6:28:53 am PST #11122 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My friend Stephany recently wrote a great & witty blog post about Campbell's continuing use of Bisphenol A in the lining of thier soup cans. [link]
That Harvard study has been so miserably misreported by just about everyone. High levels of BPA in urine means that BPA is excreted and is therefore much less potentially harmful than was previously reported. (Which is the exact opposite of what just about every news outlet in the universe has said.)
Here's a very good writeup of the study and the wretched media coverage - [link]
DavidS - Dec 12, 2011 6:28:58 am PST #11123 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh, oh...Calli?
Nope.
hippocampus - Dec 12, 2011 6:30:09 am PST #11124 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
What do you mean by linear? And what do you get from categories different from tags (which I see that Pinterest also has)?
Pretty much what Sue said - the ability to have one pinterest account with multiple categories that I can then cross tag and group as much as my twisty mind wants is what appeals the most.
I don't like the 'follow' stuff as much, but I like being able to find where I put something.