And here is an example of Pins and Post they took down IN ERROR and had to reinstate. Why can’t they just do it right the first time instead of taking down posts we barely notice are gone and when we do we have to appeal and wast more time on their stone age systems.

BTW. the posts the did NOT reinstate don’t violate anything. But the idiots won’t reinstate them. And they brilliantly blur the images making it extremely difficult to check what they are talking about.

And Then Pinterest Took Down This Profile Image

🎯 Pinterest Comments Bug: Where Tech Incompetence Meets Management Chaos

Ah, Pinterest — the digital vision board for every DIY dreamer, foodie, and planner… and now, apparently, a masterclass in how not to run a tech platform. If you’ve tried enabling comments on your Pins recently only to find them mysteriously turned off again, you’re not alone. Welcome to the glitchy wonderland where logic dies and bugs rule.

💬 Comments Are Broken, and So Is the Code

Let’s cut the fluff: the comment feature on Pinterest is completely broken. Users across Reddit, Pinterest’s own forums, and every social media platform not run by Pinterest’s engineering team are reporting the same thing:

• You enable comments → they look fine.

• You refresh the page → poof! “Comments are turned off for this Pin.”

• You try again → Pinterest laughs in JavaScript and flips them off again.

This isn’t user error. It’s bad programming. This is what happens when you cobble together code with duct tape, hope, and junior devs who are burning out because your management thinks “QA” is short for “Quit Asking.”

🔧 The Real Problem: Welcome to Amateur Hour

Let’s be real: this isn’t some sneaky “teen safety feature” or “rate limiting.” That’s just PR glitter sprinkled on a steaming pile of poorly managed code.

Here’s what’s really happening:

🧑‍💻 Developers Are Overworked and Underpaid

If you’re a Pinterest engineer reading this, blink twice if you need help. The platform clearly isn’t investing in stable infrastructure, and it shows. Buggy UI, settings that don’t persist, and backend logic that seems allergic to saving user preferences? Classic signs of a dev team drowning under poor leadership.

🧠 Management Doesn’t Have a Clue

This is what happens when management chases KPIs and investor headlines instead of actual functionality. “Engagement is up!” they cry — while every user with more than three brain cells is trying to Google why Pinterest is sabotaging its own feature set.

🧹 Support is a Black Hole

Need help? Good luck. You’ll get a canned response about clearing your cache, as if that’s going to magically rewrite the busted backend logic Pinterest refuses to fix. Spoiler alert: it won’t.

👇 Real People, Real Frustration

Here’s what actual users are saying:

“Pinterest won’t let me enable the comment section on some of my pins. No matter how many times I turn it on, it just turns itself off again.” — Reddit

“Even after toggling the setting back ON, comments still show as disabled after refreshing.” — Pinterest Community Forum

Translation? This isn’t an isolated bug. It’s a full-blown failure of software design — and probably an internal crisis no one at HQ wants to talk about.

🛠️ Temporary Workarounds (aka Desperate Hacks)

Until Pinterest decides to act like a real tech company and fix its broken platform, here are a few duct-tape solutions:

• Recheck your age settings: Because apparently you need to be an adult to use the comments button properly. 🙄

• Avoid acting like a bot: Don’t click too fast, or Pinterest might think you’re Skynet and shut you down.

• Send a support ticket: Then prepare to wait six months for a reply suggesting you reinstall the app.

🎯 Final Thoughts: A Masterclass in “How Not To Tech”

This Pinterest comment bug isn’t just annoying. It’s a symptom of a bigger issue: a company that grew too fast without building the technical or organizational backbone to support its growth. It’s not just about a broken comment toggle — it’s about a broken approach to development, design, and user respect.

Want to be taken seriously as a tech platform? Maybe start by hiring engineers, not interns with LinkedIn premium. And maybe stop throwing your support team under the bus while they try to hold this leaky ship together.

Until then, welcome to Pinterest: where your vision board works better than the actual product.

www.reddit.com/r/Pinterest/comments/11tsbh2/comments_suddenly_turned_off/

🔧 The Glorious 404 Error – Now with Bonus Gaslighting!

Trying to access Pinterest’s Report and Violation Centre? Oh, how adorable of you to assume that would work. What you’ll most likely get instead is the infamous 404 error — the server’s charming little way of saying, “I have absolutely no idea what you’re asking for.”

Let’s be clear: this isn’t your fault. This isn’t your browser’s fault. This isn’t your grandma’s fault. This is Pinterest’s own server throwing a tantrum because it can’t find a page it itself is supposed to be hosting. That’s like giving someone your home address, then yelling at them for showing up.

Naturally, I did the sensible thing and tried to explain this to the support team — you know, the folks who get paid to pretend they know what they’re doing. I kindly pointed out that this is not a user-side issue. I clicked their menu, which led to their broken URL, which then tripped over their server’s inability to serve the page.

But of course, in true customer “support” fashion, their grand solution was:
“Have you tried clearing your cache?”
“Maybe delete your cookies?”
“Restart your browser?”
Oh! I forgot — let me also reboot my entire house and pray to the digital gods, because clearly I’m the one who built your backend.

It’s almost impressive how far they’ll go to avoid saying, “Yep, that’s on us.” Admitting fault? Taking responsibility? Fixing bugs? Nah. It’s much easier (and on-brand) to blame the user and keep pretending this flaming clown car of a platform is running just fine.

And that, friends, is why bugs like this live forever. Because denial is easier than development.

This is a variation of the 404. Just dead.

🐛 The Magical Mystery of the “Reports and Violation Centre”

Once in a blue moon — when the stars align and the Pinterest servers take their midday nap — I actually manage to partially open the fabled Reports and Violation Centre. A rare event, like spotting a unicorn or finding intelligent life in their QA department.

But don’t get too excited. Click on one of their legendary failed takedown notices and boom — you’re greeted with some bizarre, cryptic error message that looks like it was written by an AI with a head injury.

It’s as if the system is saying, “How dare you try to access this information. You clicked the link correctly? Well, that’s YOUR mistake.”

It’s genuinely impressive — a whole center built for “transparency” and “accountability,” yet 90% of the time it doesn’t load, and the remaining 10% is just weird error soup. I mean, if you’re going to build a system for reviewing takedowns, maybe try making it, I don’t know… usable?

But sure, go ahead Pinterest — keep pretending this mess is user error. Blame the browser. Blame the weather. Blame the user’s astrological sign. Just don’t, under any circumstances, take responsibility for a broken, dysfunctional reporting tool that couldn’t handle a PDF if its life depended on it.

📩 “We Got Your Message – Now Please Go Away.”

Ah yes, the crown jewel of contradictory support messages:

“We got your message – Unable to process this submission. Please contact the site administrator. We will be in touch.”

Let’s unpack this gem, shall we?

First, they proudly proclaim “We got your message”, only to follow it up with “Unable to process this submission.”
So… did you get it or not?
Is it in the system or floating somewhere in the void alongside lost socks and Pinterest’s sense of accountability?

But the real punchline?

“Please contact the site administrator.”

I hate to break it to whoever wrote this copy-paste nonsense, but contacting the site administrator is exactly what I was trying to do when I got slapped with this error in the first place. The form failed. The process failed. And now you’re telling me to retry the exact same broken loop that just dumped me here like a glitchy theme park ride?

And of course, the cherry on top:

“We will be in touch.”
Oh, will you? Really? That’s adorable. Because based on past experience, that “touch” will come long after the sun dies and Pinterest finally fixes their 404 pages.

It’s like sending a letter to a locked mailbox, getting it returned with a sticky note that says “Thanks! Try mailing it again,” while the whole support team sips coffee and laughs in auto-reply.

So here I am, once again, caught in the cosmic joke of trying to report a bug to the same system that is the bug. Beautiful, isn’t it?

🤖 Pinterest AI: Confused, Clueless, and Absolutely Crushing It

I honestly have no idea what’s going on inside the deep-fried circuit board that Pinterest calls an AI. Whatever’s left of its logic seems to be floating somewhere between “mildly confused” and “catastrophically incompetent.”

Case in point: here we have two posts. Actually, scratch that — it’s the exact same post, copied to two different boards. Same image. Same caption. Same everything. Because, you know, organizing your content on Pinterest is literally the whole point.

Enter the glitch in the Matrix: both posts get taken down by their glorious AI overlord, who must’ve seen something offensive in… apparently nothing. But here’s where it gets magical: I appeal both takedowns — and what happens?

• One post is reinstated.

• The other is permanently deactivated.

Brilliant. Totally consistent. Really inspires confidence in the system.

This, dear friends, is what happens when you hand your moderation duties over to an AI that’s juggling way too many tasks without any actual understanding of context, nuance, or its own terms of service. It’s like asking a toaster to critique fine art.

The image did not violate anything. Pinterest’s terms? Never even read. Their AI? Just winging it. Making decisions like a caffeinated squirrel sorting nuts — fast, random, and mostly wrong.

But hey, at least one post made it through. So I guess we should be grateful for the half-functioning hallucination they’ve shoved into the moderation role. Because nothing says “professional platform” like inconsistent enforcement from a clueless robot.

Pinterest: A Medieval Software Platform in the Age of AI

Welcome to Pinterest, where the software feels like it was coded by monks chiseling algorithms into stone tablets. Their technology is so outdated, it’s practically a relic from the Dark Ages masquerading as a modern platform. And oh boy, does it show.

The moderation system? An absolute masterclass in incompetence. Pinterest’s brain-dead AI banhammers harmless content with gleeful ignorance, then pretends it’s doing something productive. Blurry, unidentifiable violation reports are about as useful as smoke signals during a thunderstorm. They may as well just send us blank pages for all the good they do.

The appeal process? Pure comedy. It’s like throwing your complaint into a black hole and waiting for a miracle. Instead, you get the same canned response churned out by a system so ancient it probably still runs on punch cards. And the appeal verdict? It’s like expecting a medieval inquisition to apologize for burning the wrong witch. Never gonna happen.

Let’s not forget the glorious technical failures—404 errors, white screens, broken links. You’d think a billion-dollar company could figure out how to make a URL work. But no, Pinterest’s tech is so fragile you’d think it was held together with duct tape and good intentions.

And the pièce de résistance? Their beloved punishment system. Even after wrongfully removing content, Pinterest feels the need to double down, slashing reach from 33K to 3K overnight without so much as a whisper of explanation. Shadow banning? Absolutely. But they’ll never admit it. Transparency? That’s a fairy tale as far as Pinterest is concerned.

The entire platform is a shambling mess of lazy coding, outdated algorithms, and a support system that pretends to care but can’t even pretend convincingly. Pinterest is basically a medieval castle trying to convince everyone it’s a shiny tech metropolis, but the crumbling walls and rusted gates tell a very different story.

Pinterest Moderation is a joke

Pinterest’s moderation system has become a frustrating nightmare for countless users. Powered by a clunky, outdated AI, it randomly banhammers innocent pins that violate absolutely nothing. The so-called “support” is a sham, pretending to be human but clearly just another stone-age algorithm spitting out canned responses. And the appeal process? Purely for show. It’s a broken loop designed to waste your time and keep you locked out of your own content.

To make things worse, Pinterest is plagued with bugs—constant 404 errors, white pages, and broken links that make even basic navigation feel like wading through quicksand. The platform’s technical issues are as neglected as its moderation system, creating a frustrating experience where creativity is punished instead of celebrated.

Pinterest’s Violation Report system is a complete disaster. There’s zero historical data available—only the latest PDF report, which is practically useless. The so-called “reports” refer to pins with images so badly blurred they’re unidentifiable, leaving users with absolutely no information and no options. And good luck trying to even open one of these reports. More often than not, you’re hit with an error message: “Error Loading. Please try again later.” Or worse, a straight-up 404 error. It’s like they’ve outsourced their software development to toddlers.

Appealing? Don’t bother. It’s a sham. The same malfunctioning software spits out the exact same bogus decision over and over again. Beyond stupid doesn’t even begin to cover it. The whole process is as far from transparent as it can possibly be—a broken, lazy, and infuriating mess.

🔄 “You Cannot Submit the Form More Than 10 Times in 1 Hour” – AKA, The Error That Gaslights You

Ah, Pinterest strikes again with another brilliant error message straight from the land of make-believe:

“You cannot submit the form more than 10 times in 1 hour. Please try again later.”

Now, this would almost make sense — if I had actually submitted anything. But here’s the kicker: I haven’t submitted the form 10 times. I haven’t even submitted it ONCE. That’s right — this platform is so bugged it’s now accusing me of crimes I haven’t even committed.

What’s next?
“You’ve uploaded too many unicorns today.”
“You’ve exceeded your daily quota of correct behavior.”

Honestly, it’s like being told to calm down in a room you just walked into. I open the form, try to send a single appeal, and Pinterest’s overcaffeinated server logic leaps in like, “WHOA THERE, SLOW DOWN, YOU MANIAC!” 🙄

This is what happens when a platform uses broken rate-limiting code slapped together by someone who clearly misunderstood how math, logic, or time works. But don’t worry — if you do report it, they’ll probably suggest you “clear your cookies” again, as if that’s going to rewrite their garbage error-handling functions.

So now I’m locked out of submitting the one form I actually need to send, because Pinterest has decided — in its infinite, bug-riddled wisdom — that I’m basically a spam bot with ADHD. Beautiful.

I only reached step 3 before the bustards stopped me:

So, here’s the next brilliant bug in Pinterest’s moderation system: A completely harmless profile image gets flagged as “adult content.” Why? Probably because their clunky gorilla stage AI got a so-called “upgrade” (more like a downgrade) and suddenly decided that something perfectly fine for ages was now scandalous. Brilliant.

The client decides to replace the image with a robot face. Should be safe, right? Oh, but no. Because apparently, the punishment isn’t actually tied to the image. It’s glued to the profile itself. The new robot face also gets flagged in the violations report, as if Pinterest is desperately trying to make a fool of itself.

Great work, Pinterest! Truly masterful. And let’s not forget—totally opaque. No explanations, no clarity, just one broken system throwing random tantrums.

Medieval God like Punishers

Here’s the absolute pinnacle of Pinterest’s staggering incompetence: their absurd obsession with playing some medieval, punishing deity. It’s not enough for them to simply inform users that their content has been wrongfully flagged. Oh no, they have to take it a step further—just like the classic American approach to overreacting. Thank God I live in Europe, where companies are actually run by adults.

Despite Pinterest’s so-called “removal” of images they incorrectly labeled as violent or adult content, they STILL feel the need to dish out punishment. The very same day they send out their broken violation report, reach nosedives from 33K to 3K. And do they bother notifying the user about this little act of sabotage? Of course not!

Anyone who claims Pinterest doesn’t shadow ban is either delusional or just plain lying. This is all the proof you need. It’s like watching a child throw a tantrum—except the child runs a multi-billion-dollar platform with zero accountability.

Appeal a verdict?

Of course, we tried to appeal. Because, silly us, we thought there might be a glimmer of actual intelligence somewhere in Pinterest’s rusty, brain-dead system. But why on earth would we expect their prehistoric software to be capable of producing a different result the second time around? It’s not like they’d bother designing an appeal process that actually works.

No, instead, we’re treated to the same useless decision spat right back at us, like a broken record skipping over the same pile of garbage. It’s laughable, really. The appeal system is nothing more than a worn-out, recycled joke—a shamelessly automated farce pretending to offer “fairness” when it’s designed to do the exact opposite.

And the best part? Pinterest pretends this system has any credibility whatsoever. As if copy-pasting their original mistake into a new rejection email counts as a proper review. It’s not just incompetence at this point—it’s willful negligence wrapped in a facade of efficiency. The sheer laziness of it is almost impressive. Almost.

Mail Support from Pinterest: A Masterclass in Fake Help

Oh, Pinterest’s mail support—what an absolute joke. You send a ticket, thinking you might actually get some help, but no. What you get is a single, gloriously irrelevant email that has nothing to do with your problem. And here’s the kicker: you can’t even reply to it. Nope. Your only option is to submit another ticket, which of course triggers another AI-generated email that you also can’t reply to. It’s a rotten circus of canned responses and dead ends.

The whole process is like getting slapped in the face with a giant, rubber stamp that says “WE DON’T CARE.” Because let’s be honest, Pinterest’s so-called “support” system isn’t about helping anyone. It’s about giving users the illusion of support while doing absolutely nothing. The classic misunderstanding that customer service has no ROI!

Every email is a new AI bot pretending to be a “support agent,” conveniently suffering from selective amnesia. It’s like they’ve all been programmed to have the memory span of a goldfish. No matter how clear or detailed your original ticket is, the response is always the same generic garbage.

But the real joke? They expect us to keep going through this farce like obedient little hamsters running on a broken wheel. There’s no conversation, no accountability, no solution. Just one AI response after another, endlessly talking in circles.

If Pinterest is trying to perfect the art of crapping on its users, congratulations—they’ve absolutely nailed it.

Before this I was considering using ads on my own Pinterest account, but I simply lost confidence in this platform. It is morally hard to put money in a platform that treats their users and customers like this.

PASSION, RESPECT, AND THE FIGHT FOR DECENCY:

Why I Refuse to Bow Down to Pinterest’s Greedy, Soulless Machine

I’ve had enough. Enough of companies like Pinterest parading around as creativity champions while shamelessly exploiting creators and employees alike. Enough of their soulless algorithms, their cheap, lazy moderation systems, and their absolute lack of respect for the very people they claim to serve.

My mission is simple: HAPPINESS. And happiness doesn’t just mean creating beautiful work. It means standing up against the parasitic platforms that profit from creativity while giving nothing but disrespect and frustration in return.

The Absurdity of Pinterest’s Moderation System:

Pinterest somehow managed to create an algorithm so jaw-droppingly incompetent it flags everything from cupcakes to animals as “sexual content.” That’s right, their brilliant AI can’t tell the difference between a beautifully crafted piece of art and something it deems inappropriate.

But here’s where it gets even better. Instead of acknowledging the glaring failures of their algorithm and investing in real human judgment, they double down on stupidity. Their solution? Hire an overworked, underpaid skeleton crew of moderators who are expected to churn through millions of false flags as quickly as possible. With that level of desperation, how much care and attention do you think each case receives? That’s right—barely any.

Why bother hiring people who are motivated to actually think when you can just exploit desperate workers and pay them peanuts? The truth is, Pinterest doesn’t care about accuracy or fairness. They care about minimizing costs while pretending their joke of a moderation system is working perfectly. It’s a facade. A lazy, greedy facade. Medieval company structure and management from the past century.

Why I Refuse to Participate:

I take pride in my work. Real pride. And I refuse to hand over my creativity to a company that doesn’t even bother to pay for amateurism, much less professionalism. Pinterest doesn’t deserve my art, my passion, or my respect.

They don’t care about their users, and they definitely don’t care about their employees. They care about profit, plain and simple. But here’s the thing: People matter. Artists matter. Workers matter. And I refuse to feed a machine that treats all of us like disposable tools.

The Broader Problem: Instagram and Corporate Greed:

Let’s not pretend Pinterest is the only guilty party here. Instagram is just as bad—if not worse. A platform once driven by community and creativity, now reduced to nothing but a glorified marketplace for advertisements. They have lost all connection to quality and integrity, sacrificing everything for profit.

To everyone reading this: Stop giving them your money. Stop running ads on their platform. Take your creativity and your business elsewhere. Even if it’s hard to find a decent alternative, it’s worth it. Because giving in to these companies only encourages their parasitic behavior.

My Mission: Happiness and Justice

I fight for HAPPINESS. Real happiness. The kind that comes from creating work that matters and being treated with the respect and dignity we all deserve. That happiness includes standing up to companies that exploit their users and employees in the name of profit. It means calling out these parasites for what they truly are.

Pinterest, Instagram, and every other company that prioritizes greed over people are a disease. And the cure is simple: Stop feeding them. Take back your creativity. Demand better.

Conclusion: Pinterest – A Medieval Relic Pretending to Be Modern

In conclusion, Pinterest is a spectacular failure dressed up as a social media platform. Its moderation system is a clueless, ban hammer-swinging brute that couldn’t identify real violations if its life depended on it. The appeal process? A complete joke—a clunky, brain-dead script designed to regurgitate the same nonsense over and over, all while pretending to be “fair.”

Technical reliability? Forget it. Pinterest’s platform is a minefield of 404 errors, broken links, and glitchy reports that make you wonder if their servers are powered by candlelight and crossed fingers. And let’s not ignore their childish obsession with punishment—slashing reach and shadow banning users with no explanation, just to drive the point home that they’re the almighty authority.

What Pinterest desperately wants to be is a polished, user-friendly creative platform. What it actually is? A medieval relic, awkwardly clunking around in the modern age, with all the grace of a stone wheel trying to pass itself off as a sports car. They’re not running a social media platform—they’re running a malfunctioning joke, and everyone’s in on it but them.

Are there any alternatives to Pinterest?

I’m so glad you asked! Alternatives are the eway to go if we want Pinterest to man up. Or go down!

Eliznuts on Youtube made a video with a few alternatives and some related resources. She has a clickable list that makes it easy to check them all out.

MakeUseOf.com has an aticle with 7 Pinterest alternatives.

TalkBiz.com has compiled a list of 8 Pinterest alternatives.