<story><title>Pinterest Raises $150M at 2015 Share Price</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-06/pinterest-raises-150-million-at-2015-share-price</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>skewart</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been a fan of Pinterest for a long time, though I rarely use it these days.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve been fascinated, and slightly horrified, by their pivot away from social functionality and towards a vision of a neutral bookmarking site.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s not that I&amp;#x27;d want Pinterest to be more social in and as an end itself, but rather because I think it better incentivizes people to create good quality content, and it makes it easier to discover things I want to find.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s very little ROI for cultivating a public image on Pinterest, so few people put much effort into doing it. At the same time, people who have taste similar to mine are a much better way to find things than any algorithm Pinterest has ever released. And yet, they keep emphasizing algorithmic recommendations while disincentivizing people from publicly expressing their taste and making it harder for me to follow people I like.&lt;p&gt;And then there are the ads, which, as a bunch of other commenters have pointed out, tend to be really far out of line from anything I&amp;#x27;ve ever expressed interest in. It&amp;#x27;s just off-putting to see a bunch of low-quality ads for tacky crap in the middle of my feed of minimalist interiors.&lt;p&gt;Maybe they have something up their sleeves, or maybe I&amp;#x27;m very different from their target user. Otherwise I just don&amp;#x27;t agree with their product direction.</text></comment>
<story><title>Pinterest Raises $150M at 2015 Share Price</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-06/pinterest-raises-150-million-at-2015-share-price</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>fensterblick</author><text>I just started looking at Pinterest as a company to work for. From the outside, the way they treat their employees looks amazing. Things like KnitCon (an internal conference for employees led by employees) reflect well on the company.
On the other hand, some of the reviews on Glassdoor are not so kind.&lt;p&gt;I hope Pinterest can succeed and overcome its current challenges. Even if I do not ever get a job there, what is good for one company lifts everyone else in our industry (unless you are a direct competitor!)</text></comment>