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NinjaLanternShark t1_iyj48eg wrote

I'm frequently surprised at how influential Twitter is despite a relatively small user base. You rarely hear anything about Pinterest in the news despite having close to double the user base.

Maybe the world would be better off if politicians and pundits had to express themselves through Pinterest boards instead of tweets :P

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HammerTh_1701 t1_iyj4y0j wrote

That's because Twitter is specifically being sought out by those people. The "shout into the void" style really seems to work for politicians and journalists.

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jtsg_ OP t1_iyj4uol wrote

Haha...True.

Pinterest should earn more for their users as it lends itself so well to shopping.

Really needs to do something about it.

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NinjaLanternShark t1_iyja5kc wrote

That's a great point -- 75% of what you see are products. Surprised they're not monitizing it better.

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divacphys t1_iykdo0y wrote

I think it's usage. Those on Twitter will spend an hour a day on it. Pinterest might be an hour a month

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Ok_Signature7481 t1_iykq2dn wrote

That pinterest number is monthly users, compared to twitters daily users, its hard to say which one actually has a larger base.

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