A presentation on Pinterest and lifestyle communities, based on Bellah's ideas in Habits of the Heart. By Greta Dohl for Apple, Google, Facebook at Lawrence University.
2. Bellah & Habits of the Heart
Communities vs. Lifestyle Enclaves
Community: Organic & Location Based
“Those you rub shoulders with”
Enclaves: Chosen & Interest Based
“Those with the same hobbies”
3. WHAT IS PINTEREST?
Pinterest is a social bookmarking site
where users collect and
share photos of their
favorite events, interests
and hobbies.
One of the fastest growing social networks
online, Pinterest is the third-largest such
network behind only Facebook and Twitter.
The start-up recently closed a $120 million
round of funding and is looking to expand
into overseas markets such as France,
Germany and Japan.
http://mashable.com/category/pinterest/
5. Online Etiquette
• Please be kind and remember that there are people on
the other end of your comments.
• We think authenticity – expressing who you really are
and what you really like is more important than getting
lots of followers.
• Encourage artists to create great work by linking back
to their pages and leaving polite comments if you see
anything that isn’t correctly credited.
• If you see porn, hateful stuff, or anything that
encourage people to hurt themselves, please let us
know!
• Pinterest is a growing changing community, so there
will sometimes be bumps along the way. Please let us
know what’s working and what’s not.
6. News Articles
• Pinterest, Tumblr and the Trouble
With ‘Curation’ -- nytimes.com
• Pinterest changes the way brides
plan their weddings -usatoday.com
• Why Pinterest is so Addictive -fastcompany.com
In contrast to Facebook, Long believes Pinterest is a refuge from relationship status, check-ins at restaurants, or pictures of kids. “It’s not a place where I have to worry about being bombarded by other people’s over-sharing of un-interesting or annoying daily experiences or about accidentally revealing intimate details of my day-to-day life,” he says.
In an ironic way, Long says, this frees many people to be more public about who they really are and who they want to be, because it’s less focused on the kind of personal content that sets off privacy and security alarms. “Pinterest is a place where we can demonstrate: ‘If it weren’t for all those mundane things that I do that I post on Facebook, this is what I would be doing and consuming. Here is my real self,’” he explains.