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Only 3%* of US AI users are willing to pay a penny for it (pivot-to-ai.com)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@kamenlady @dgerard i knew the guys who started Pinterest. My account is literally like one of the first 10 public accounts. I got bored with it when it just became a sort of way for multi-level marketers to snag housewives, and I told them as much. But I'm surprised they allow AI slop on it. Genuine creativity and inspiration is why they really started it. Tote was pretty slick for that. It's sad what it's turned into.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is there a platform that is where pinterrst used to be?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

@Squizzy We Heart It, was founded by a former Pinterest engineer, but I don't know if it's still around. Many early Pinterest engineers went off and started similar projects after after the "the boys" made it more ad infested because they got greedy and Ben used to do marketing at google. So...they're not nice people anymore. But I know a few early employees started similar things.