What is a Pinterest Community?
So glad you asked! This feature is literally just days old, right off the presses. (Off the presses - are we even allowed to still use that term? Sad!)
Ok so basically Pinterest Communities are like Facebook groups, BUT BETTER. Here’s why:
You are joining a group where your feed is full of beautiful pictures of things YOU care about.
You don’t have to sift through everything else you could care less about to get to what you ACTUALLY want to see. (Ahem, Facebook & Instagram)
Bye-bye annoying political posts that we’re all sick of seeing. There’s a specific Community for that.
Your phone will not be exploding with notifications about literally everything.
You can create posts for the group using your own original content, OR you can simply PIN and share other content you love on Pinterest! (Yay, no work!)
It’s like Instagram with the pretty pictures, but without the annoyance of fake accounts, follower/like obsessions, AND you don’t have to be the one posting everything, everyone can! (sigh of relief).
It’s also better than Instagram because each post contains LINKSSSS! So you can access more information instantly. Praise the lord, hallelujah!
There’s way more benefits, I’m literally only 8 hours into using it.
Ok so how do I SEARCH, JOIN, OR CREATE a Pinterest Community?
Literally, the easiest thing ever.
First, open your phone’s Pinterest App. Look at the bottom center of your screen. Do you see a Community icon with a heart in the center like below? If not, all you need to do is update the app and then you’ll see it.
2. You have to first JOIN a community in order to be able to CREATE a community (if you so wish to create one).
SEARCH and JOIN communities by clicking that Community icon and inputting your search terms. Or, to make it easier, simply join these two communities right here:
3. Now that you’ve joined a Pinterest Community, you can CREATE a Pinterest community in one easy step (if you want to). See that + (plus) sign in the top right corner of my previous screenshot above? Click that to CREATE a new community. And then all you need to do is add three simple pieces of info - Community Name, Description, and a Cover Photo. Voila! You’re now the admin of your new Pinterest Community!
4. Now that you’ve joined a couple communities, feel free to start sharing content! You can upload your own pics OR you can post from pics you’ve already pinned on Pinterest! (This feature is amazing because now YOU don’t always have to be the creator of the content).
Just click the “Write something” field, start writing, and if you want to upload a photo or Pin, just tap that section at the bottom of the screen. And boom, all your recent pins, or your phone’s camera pics, are right there for you to choose from.
And that’s it!! Make sure you join the Sneakers community I just created because I want to meet you and we can share our favorite new kicks!
-Kristin