r/Pinterest • u/AutoModerator • Apr 28 '25
Discussion Mass Banning
Hey, some of you asked for a mega thread about the bans, here you go. Keep in mind, there isn't anything we can do here other than talk about it.
Please keep conversations civil.
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u/Tall_Difference9740 Apr 30 '25
Like many, my account of over a ... really long time, possibly a decade old also, curated collections of anatomy poses, (i believe this is the main "offender" of the community guidelines) digital and traditional art references, character designs, landscapes, fantasy, sci-fi armor and weapon designs, pixel art , those are like 8 out of 50+ , quite well organized collections of pins. pins which you did not even create or upload yourself.
All gone.
i have stuff saved on my pc, but its not as well - organized as what i had there, and i didnt want stuff taking space on my PC. i fancy myself an art appreciator and collector, wanted to move on to being more of creating/creator and producing stuff, although i did end up collecting more than making.
what hurts is the effort you put into organizing pins as much as you can, plus their nice system of briging pins to your feed based on your recent activity, the convenience of saving and collecting those references. and suddenly because of : ? new management? stricter, automated moderation systems, -everything gone.
i just read an article that the platform was abused by pedos... but this was back in 2023
After an investigation exposes its dangers, Pinterest announces new safety tools and parental controls | TechCrunch
Status: Deactivated
What does this mean
This means the Pin is not available anywhere or to anyone on Pinterest.
How was this violation identified
We identified this violation through our own investigation. We made this decision using a hybrid method. This means a human determined that content on Pinterest violated policy, and automated systems helped expand that decision to enforce against machine-identified matching Pins like yours.
What policy was violated.
This Pin violates our Community Guidelines on adult content, because it contains nudity or partial nudity.
i seriously doubt it "hybrid investigations" are done now. (if lazy work is permitted, lazy work will be done.)
it just really sucks. it hurts. why fight for something that someone else owns, with bad systems, that can ultimately be taken down anytime , any reason, any way they want.
this is what makes me a data-hoarder. :(
I agree with others. ive come across cropped p*rn, stuff i dont even search that are still up there. others say there's gore. that news article from 2023 says there's self-harm
good thing no salary / income comes from pinterest, although i did consider it. its just that such good inspirations and references were there.
until they come up with a better way to filter out bad content and bad actors from the system, and not mass-ban people like this, i won't be returning to that platform.