Have I got your Pinterest?

As far as social networks go, I’m pretty pathetic. I subscribe to Facebook, because so many of my friends are on it. Marketing companies worldwide will be quivering in their fashionable boots when they find out that I hate corporate Facebook pages. The only reason I’ll like a page is to win something really cool, and the minute the competition is closed, I unlike it. Because I really don’t want to be bombarded with information on how awesome Doritos are. And if I’m being honest, the competitions these days aren’t exciting enough for me to risk the purity of my Facebook page.

Since inheriting an iPhone, I subscribed to Instagram. It’s a concession I made to stay in touch with the family members who don’t want to Facebook. Not that they’re all particularly active here, but I make an effort. And I do actually enjoy it.

I don’t see the point of Twitter, when I’m already on Facebook. I really couldn’t give a continental flying fox about what celebrities have to tell the world. Anything important will make its way to the news, so I don’t think I’m missing anything there.

This is the extent of my knowledge of social networks, so I’m sure I’m missing a few gems.

One site I’ve discovered and have found to be worth a mention is Pinterest – if used the way I think it should.

With two sisters overseas, I went to check out their Pinterest profiles to get some ideas for birthday and Christmas presents. It doesn’t get easier to buy for at least one of them (L-sis has only expensive tastes, but thankfully she’s not all that hard to buy for) when all I have to do is click on a pic that redirects me to the site where I can purchase said item (most of the time). For the first time in pretty much forever, I’ve been able to buy A-sis a birthday and a Christmas present that I’m fairly sure she’ll like (without giving my mom a budget and having her buy something), since they were on her I Wish I Had board. It also means I don’t have to worry about getting the stuff to her as things are delivered directly to her. Sure, they’ll lack the pretty packaging, but I don’t think that matters overly much in the grand scheme of things.

I don’t foresee me signing up for this site, but it’s given me an idea for photographic wish list on Instagram.

* I did sign up for Pinterest, and I love it! So many hours spent looking at cute animals or recipes I know I'll never try.