# Pinterest Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/pinterest/ 5 people recommended Pinterest in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 35 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Criticized more than recommended: critics say its feed is full of AI slop; those who recommend it cite design, housing and project ideas and moodboards. Summary written by Claude from the comments below. ## What people warn about - Clutters Google search results (4 comments in the sample): "Never ever saw a point of sticking around. Constantly getting annoyed at some Google search pinterest links" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47133424)) "Google image search was semi-useless for years due to being spammed by login-walled pinterest images" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47123527)) "Pinterest is so bad it's one of those sites I just skip over on search results." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47120518)) - Feed filled with AI slop (3 comments in the sample): "no sympathy for Pinterest and other services destroying themselves in the clamour to jam AI and feed algorithms into everything" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47121314)) "The slop can come from anywhere, including captive apps like Pinterest, so why use Pinterest?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47125458)) "This company exemplifies the "dead internet". No way they grow, let alone hit their targets." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47122495)) - Declining quality and enshittification (3 comments in the sample): "Pinterest has been enshittifying itself and the Internet at large for quite a long time." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47121533)) "the quality of the site code has gone down significantly in the last couple of years" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49229050)) "In my eyes they are in the same class of Facebook, uservoice, Pinterest, Quora etc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50034579)) - Accounts banned; domain often blocked (3 comments in the sample): "Many people were insta-banned from Pinterest for "spam" after just posting one or two pictures." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47121709)) "Pinterest has the honour to lead the leaderboard from #1 tot #7 in the blocked domain list." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47121808)) "I hope whoever is running Pinterest sees they are the top 7 most blocked sites." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47482922)) ## Why people recommend it - Useful for design and project ideas (2 comments in the sample): "Pinterest is useful. I mostly use it to get industrial design ideas on some projects." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47511114)) "it already has a great collection of housing plan ideas" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48551524)) ## Other social networks people recommend - [Mastodon](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mastodon/): 201 recommend, 56 mixed, 202 criticize - [Bluesky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bluesky/): 180 recommend, 103 mixed, 347 criticize - [X (formerly Twitter)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/x/): 119 recommend, 102 mixed, 920 criticize - [Instagram](https://hackerapproved.com/p/instagram/): 79 recommend, 111 mixed, 666 criticize ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://www.pinterest.com/) ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Pinterest", https://hackerapproved.com/p/pinterest/ (5 recommend, 1 mixed, 35 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 3 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.