[HN Gopher] Pinry: A Selfhosted Alternative to Pinterest ___________________________________________________________________ Pinry: A Selfhosted Alternative to Pinterest Author : thunderbong Score : 39 points Date : 2022-04-10 20:19 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (github.com) (TXT) w3m dump (github.com) | zuminator wrote: | Not that anyone was asking, but it turns out that unlike | "tweeting" [0], "pinning" [1] is not a trademarked activity so | people should feel free to "pin" to their heart's content on | their self-hosted solutions. | | [0] https://www.mandourlaw.com/twitter-wins-rights-tweet- | tradema... | | [1] https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/26/pinterest-loses-pin- | tradem... | jstummbillig wrote: | Pinterest is in the middle of my Venn diagram between "signup | wall i see most often after googling something random", "To this | day I have no clue idea how it works" and "I don't know a single | person who uses this" | imachine1980_ wrote: | I like it, isnt tech savy at all works well, I search walpapers | for my smartphones,ideas for posters and desing for websites, | isn't for thech savy people, and the results feels more curated | than Google images | adhesive_wombat wrote: | If you get married, you'll find yourself solidly in that | intersection, don't you worry. | unfocussed_mike wrote: | I find it completely maddening, and it poisons search results. | | But on the other hand, in specific markets (like fashion, | artistic photography etc.), Pinterest is unavoidable. People | use it for planning all sorts of creative endeavours. | | I loathe it, but I might consider using _this_ for my mood | boards. | nstart wrote: | Pinterest is one of the most recommended tools when it comes to | building collections for most things art related. I've taken a | few courses on concept art/concept development and Pinterest | has been in 90% of it. | | It's used to collect references and build mood boards. | | So, while self hosted Pinterest is a nice idea, it does miss | the powerful part of Pinterest which is its search. When I want | to find roman armour or steampunk vibe architecture, I don't | even have to leave Pinterest most of the time because the | collections I need to find are right there. | rsync wrote: | All these years later ... all anyone ever wanted was /cgi- | bin/gallery.pl ... ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-04-10 23:00 UTC)