Help keep PINTEREST SAFE
Have you noticed a lot of SPAM lately .. Its because of the re-pin option offered on Pinterest. Its a great option if you like a photo, an image even a funny little cartoon Its a great time saver too. If your not interested in finding where to buy the outfit but like the style we hit re pin to our board... If you just love the color of the nails but you really dont have the time at that moment to click it and look into what brand or how to get the effect we click re pin for later when we have time to investigate that information. Re pinning without clicking all the way through is one of the great options that Pinterest offers. What we didnt realized is that that photo we didnt click may in fact be a click away to a spam site to add to the spam we now offered that pin, which has the spam in it to all out followers. We have all come across those nasty clicks you know the one's .. WINNER!!!YOU HAVE WON THE SCAVENGER HUNT PRIZE ON PINTEREST or the WINNER YOU ARE ONE CLICK AWAY FROM THE PRIZE ....so of them take forever to get out of most likely having to x out of the page altogether. and what we should to is report the pin. and yes that is great because Pinterest has taken great strides in quickly disabling the bad pins. I look into if there are signs that this is either a random bad re pin or if the member is in fact a bot or person who is posting 100's of spam pins. It seems the only option that Pinterest has at the moment is click pin by pin and report each pin one at a time. but there IS ANOTHER OPTION. Below is the link to click to start a ticket
All you need to do is copy the URL of the person you want to report . Go to their profile page . Then click the link below and under the what do you need help with go to the drop down go SPAM then REPORT USER .. (This is also where you can BLOCK USERS too). after you do that subject is SPAM the in the description this is where you past the URL of the offending profile/member then click submit.
I also attached a couple little tidbits. ..
If you click a pin and the picture has a link that has a (bit.) it is a bad click DO NOT CLICK almost always a bit. is a URL to a SPAM site.
Bit is a site that make a smaller URL address it hide the real URL which most SPAM artists want to do until it is to late for you to realize that it is a SPAM link. So keep your eye out for this little thing its
Pinned 3 weeks ago from bit.ly <<<<<<<<<< Bad
Below is a screen shot of a SPAM pin I came across today The #1 is the broad it is under Books/DVD the www is the site. SKIN CARE (notice board topic dont match) and and the number after is the bot/persons code so they get the credit ...
Another little sign is when the person has 200 boards and only one pin under each board.
IF WE ALL HELP OUT A LITTLE BIT WE CAN KEEP THESE NASTY THINGS UNDER CONTROL .
Hope this helped
