Pinterest, the web-based "pinboard", which launched almost two years ago, barely got a mention until 6 months ago.

Discussion:  Pinterest is a web-based “pinboard” whose unique visitors grew by 400% in the last quarter of 2011.  Pinterest is a visual social network that organizes images by topic and lets users re-share with just one click.  The site helps users catalog their passions, and it drives more visitors to third-party websites than Google+, YouTube, and LinkedIn combined.

Source:  CNN News

Date:  February 7, 2012

Link:  http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/06/tech/web/pinterest-website-cashmore/index.html

Discussion Questions:

• What are the three parallel trends that sharing on the Web has been following?
• Why did Pinterest and its millions of monthly users go almost unnoticed by the tech press?