You can add anyone as a collaborator on your board as long as they have a Pinterest account. They do not need to follow you, nor do you need to follow them. To continue with Facebook they will need to sign in to Facebook, or already be signed in to their Facebook account. There are a few ways to invite someone to be a collaborator on your board:. Once the person invited has accepted your invitation to join the board, assuming they have a Pinterest account, their name will appear along with any other collaborators to the right of the secret board name when the board is open.
To send a pin to someone from a secret board you would need to temporarily or permanently change the board setting to public from secret. To do this:. You will have to go through this process any time you want to share something from a secret board.
Also, if the pin, while public, is shared to another Pinterest account it will not be hidden when you make the board secret again. If you are having trouble with a secret board invitation, Pinterest suggests making sure you and the person you are inviting are following each other. Technically, you do not need to do this. To disconnect Pinterest from your social media accounts, go back to settings and scroll down to Social Networks. Switch them from Yes to No. When Pinterest first came out, there were also settings in place that sent all your Pinterest activity over to Facebook, and you had to jump through a few hoops to prevent your FB friends from seeing what you pinned.
Since I first wrote this article Pinterest has gained in popularity among teens. More teen girls than boys are using the service, and this is similar to the split for adults as well.
If you have a teen who uses Pinterest, you may want to ask them what they like about it — what do they use it for, what kinds of things are they pinning. Do they know that all their boards are public by default? You may want to share these privacy tips with them. Pinterest is fun and a little bit addicting. You can easily click around, see some beautiful imagery and be inspired.
Already on Pinterest? Be sure to follow Be Web Smart on Pinterest right here: www. I pin all my articles there so you can save them for future reference privately, if you wish!
Have a pinteresting day! However, one neat trick is, to select on Pinterest to copy your Pin to Twitter only and then on Twitter, choose to share to Facebook. Twitter allows you to select which page you share your tweet with so I get Twitter to automatically Tweet my Pinterest Pin to my business Facebook page which drives traffic to my website through Facebook but ensures none of my Pinterest Pins show up on my personal Facebook page.
This means every Pin I make goes to Pinterest, onto Twitter and then onto a selected group or Facebook page. Great advice, thanks Simon! Maybe Pinterest will someday provide the option to make it simple rather than these workarounds. It is worth knowing that your Secret Boards are not so secret. My locked down, secret boards caused people with similar interests to follow me even though the boards were never made public at any time.
My friends are struggling to find me on Pinterest! Some have found me and others can not, have I done something wrong in my settings? Pinterest has changed the way you comment.
All my comments notes to myself have been lost. Is there a way to get them back? So how do I keep my pins just for me? Google, Yahoo, Bing , and other search engines are showing your profile or board in search results. Rich resource: How to Post on Pinterest read this for proper posting. If you want extra privacy, you can use your name or secret board.
When you turn on search privacy, a search tag is placed on your page to indicate that your profile and board do not show the search bar. Here read more about how to post your own pictures on Pinterest? No one can completely hide their active account. But you can create a secret board that allows you to protect your pins from other people, except those you have invited and invited.
You can also change your name for extra privacy. You can change the public board to a secret board at any time. Free Resource: How to use Pinterest for Business How to hide Pinterest activity?
Free resource: How do I save an entire Pinterest board. This way you will be able to make the Pinterest board private after creation.
No, no person can see what you are searching on Pinterest. Except for what you share publically. I mean you pins that you share publically.
The ultimate way to hide your pin is to create a secret board on your Pinterest account and then create pins on that board. Your pins will only be seen by you. How to unlock a board on Pinterest? Open your account and go to your boards on your profile. After that click on the Pin Sign editable. When you clicked on the Pin sign, you will lead to another window where you will uncheck the toggle in front of the visibility option.
The easiest way how to block someone from seeing my Pinterest. Visit the Person profile and click on the 3 dots on their profile beside the follow button.
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