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How come when I try to "pin it" on Pinterest, my pins are not pinning?

Asked by jca (36062points) February 24th, 2012

I have tried a bunch of times, apparently unsuccessfully, to pin stuff on Pinterest. I have the “pin” downloaded, because when I look at my favorites bar, I see “pin it.” Yet when I click on “pin it” over a photo, it goes to the box where I see the number of people that have pinned that, and the “pin” box, I click on “pin” and the photo flashes once or twice, and nothing happens and the count does not go up. When I click on “my pins” I have none. I have tried single clicking and double clicking, and same results: photo flashes, count does not go up, pins do not take.

What could be the problem?

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2davidc8's avatar

When I tried to register on this site, I got an error message basically saying thank you for your interest, we will email you when we are ready to accept new members. Is the site functional yet?

jca's avatar

@2davidc8: Functional? Yes, it’s one of the top 10 sites right now! It’s extremely popular.

2davidc8's avatar

Thanks, @jca. But somehow, I can’t get registered on the site.

AnonymousWoman's avatar

@2davidc8 I got a similar message… and I did receive an e-mail not too long after. Perhaps you will, too…?

@jca Have you tried putting them on a board?

jca's avatar

@AnonymousGirl: No, just pinning.

AnonymousWoman's avatar

Ah. That might not work if you don’t put the pin on a specific board.

jca's avatar

@AnonymousGirl: thanks for that tip. I’m going to try it. Will update you!

jca's avatar

@AnonymousGirl: Tried it, it worked! That’s the secret!

Hopefully they make it more user-friendly in the future!

2davidc8's avatar

@jca I’m glad your problem is solved.
@AnonymousGirl OK, I’ll try them again!

AnonymousWoman's avatar

@jca You’re welcome. Glad to hear it. :)

@2davidc8 Sweet! :)

jca's avatar

@2davidc8: You either have to request an invite from the Pinterest team or be invited by someone you know whose already on Pinterest. I requested invite from Pinterest team and I got an invite within about 3 days or so.

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