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Pinterested? A(nother) primer

Since joining a few weeks back, I've seen quite a few blog posts and articles (such as this one ) crop up about how best to use Pinterest , which I would succinctly describe as a visual social bookmarking service.  It's still in invitation-only mode (if you'd like an invitation, feel free to contact me for one), it allows for users to: Create collections of bookmarks ("boards"). Boards may be assigned a category, which others can then search for and browse through. Boards can be either solely editable by oneself, or contributed to by other users, whom one can specify by name. Boards may be "liked" via Facebook plugin. Add bookmarks as represented by either images and videos, either found anywhere online (publicly accessible), or via upload. At the time of pinning, one can use Facebook and/or Twitter to share out the pin. Comment on any pinned items. "Like" and "re-pin" items. Follow all of or a subset of other users' bo