Meh
First point: Have noticed when opening the app images aren’t always loading, even when I’ve got the latest update (and WiFi is good and my phone has the latest updates etc etc). Has been happening more and more the last 2-3 months.
When the images load it is a pretty good app, but it’s getting to over 50% of the time images don’t load, and without the images the app is kinda pointless.
Second point: violation reports, are the images actually checked by a human being employed by Pinterest before being sent to our violation centres? I checked mine after a notification came up and there are so many “adult content” violations on completely innocent images, one of the ones tagged “adult content” literally just shows a person looking a crystal blue tide pools in Canada, you can’t see much of the fully clothes person at all but you can see the stunning geographical features (every time I try to appeal the decision for that one I get an error message). Also images with no text that show a fully grown adult wearing plain clothes that cover them completely from their neck downwards while the are just sitting looking at the camera should not be turning up in anyone’s violation centre tagged as “adult content”, don’t out source your responsibility to review possible violations to your users.A good app but they make odd choices.
I’ve been using this app for over four years now, and I genuinely love it. It’s a great way to pass the time, and I’m not afraid to admit it has become a part of daily routine, however in the past year it’s changed rapidly which is causing a lot of odd things to happen. If you scroll through r/pinterest on Reddit, you'll notice that recent updates have been getting increasingly strange. People are receiving violations for pins they've saved to their boards, even though they didn't create the pins themselves, they just liked and saved them. The frustrating part is that many of these pins flagged for “violating community guidelines” don't seem to break any rules. For example, I once got a violation notice for saving a pin with a recipe to make cookie dough in a mug.
Another problem I personally have been facing is that I can no longer see specific peoples profiles. I have been following my partner for nearly a year now and he’s been following me but all of a sudden, since the last update, I can no longer view his profile, I contacted support but even they were stumped but I’m still waiting on a further response, so not much can be said about it at present.It’s good but here’s the bad stuff
1. Most of the time the pictures don’t show for some reason, a coloured background for the pins appear instead. This is super annoying as it doesn’t go away with restarting your iPhone deleting and reinstalling or turning off a vpn
2. The amount of ads now is insane, like ok get your bag girl but I’m not even looking at Pinterest images anymore or content it’s just ads. Lessen it down a bit guys.
3. I don’t like how it always alters your feed, eg I search up a elephant for a one time assignment and the rest of my feed will be elephants even tho it’s not even relevant to me.