Secret boards on Pinterest

[lemondrop]

Pinterest is supposed to launch secret boards today. You can keep it completely private or share it with just a few people!

[lemondrop]

Nov 8, 2012 10:25:34 GMT -5 mintchocochip said:

Yay! I need this just for work to keep track of reference websites!

PS--love your siggy. I died watching that skit (while I was a refugee at a friend's house because mine was without power from Sandy)

Yeah, I laughed through the entire thing as well. I like that idea that if I get pg with a second, I can pin things without people knowing.

[tarheels]

YAY!!! This means I can finally start pinning baby stuff and keep it secret from...everybody! lol

[sailorgray]

Nov 8, 2012 10:32:04 GMT -5 tarheels said:

YAY!!! This means I can finally start pinning baby stuff and keep it secret from...everybody! lol

Wait, Tarheels, did we (I) miss something?

[kyliek29]

Wow, I didn't know about this! I've been hesitant on pinning baby items also - too many family members on there!

[ssmjlm]

The best part about joining pinterest so early, no one I know beyond online friends and a few sorority sisters follow me. The rest are randoms, so the baby/nursery board was just a "one day" thing.

And I've probably just jinxed myself that one of my IL's will find me now....

[pinkeggs]

Nov 8, 2012 10:50:44 GMT -5 sailorgray said:

Nov 8, 2012 10:32:04 GMT -5 tarheels said:

YAY!!! This means I can finally start pinning baby stuff and keep it secret from...everybody! lol

Wait, Tarheels, did we miss something?

Yeah, what now?

[tarheels]

Nov 8, 2012 11:10:54 GMT -5 pinkeggs said:

Nov 8, 2012 10:50:44 GMT -5 sailorgray said:

Wait, Tarheels, did we miss something?

Yeah, what now?

Sorry, sorry, I should have put a disclaimer on there. We're only TTC. I promise to announce here immediately if there's anything to say.

[MrsMB]

I've been hoping for secret boards for some time now just for the same reason. We probably won't TTC for several more months (TheWop - It's a long story)...BUT I'm such a planner, I would love to create a private board!!!!

[mrs.jacinthe]

I'm in the same boat as Tarheels. We're planning on TTC, but this is NOT something I want to announce to the world. (Guess what world, we're having sex regularly in hopes of making a kid!) Um, just no.

[kaylie]

Yes, I've been wanting to pin nursery ideas for "one day" but my mom/MIL are so baby hungry I don't want to encourage it! This is great news.

[thewop]

Nov 8, 2012 11:38:32 GMT -5 MrsMB said:

I've been hoping for secret boards for some time now just for the same reason. We probably won't TTC for several more months (TheWop - It's a long story)...BUT I'm such a planner, I would love to create a private board!!!!

Aw..if you wait until fall of 2013 to TTC, we might end up preggers at the same time! :-)

[sjh722]

Yeah, this would have been nice a few months ago when I was trying to keep something under wraps.

[MrsMB]

Nov 8, 2012 11:58:16 GMT -5 thewop said:

Nov 8, 2012 11:38:32 GMT -5 MrsMB said:

I've been hoping for secret boards for some time now just for the same reason. We probably won't TTC for several more months (TheWop - It's a long story)...BUT I'm such a planner, I would love to create a private board!!!!

Aw..if you wait until fall of 2013 to TTC, we might end up preggers at the same time! :-)

THAT could very well happen!

[sailorgray]

FYI: I guess on an I in parenthesis gets you a lightbulb...haha.

(I)

[kyliek29]

So I went in and tried to see if this was working yet - but either I can't figure it out or its not available. Has anyone tried to make a board private yet?

[kaylie]

I did. There was a thing in the upper left corner of my screen. Otherwise, if you're looking at your other boards scroll all the way down. When I do there is a thing for "secret" boards.

[MrsMB]

I did see a message in the Help section that not everyone would be able to access the feature immediately. This was posted today in their Support Section: "Please note: You may not have this feature available on your account immediately, but we'll be rolling it out to all Pinners very soon!"

[emoflamingo]

I can't see it Kaylie.

[tarheels]

Boo, I must not have it yet I think right now I'm most excited to create a board for all the cute kid Christmas ideas - I have seen some PRECIOUS Elf on a Shelf ideas. This one is my new fave:

[Deleted]

So if you can make a board private, does that mean that the individual pins won't show up on your pinned items page? Anybody know?

[tarheels]

Nov 8, 2012 13:19:20 GMT -5 downtonali said:

So if you can make a board private, does that mean that the individual pins won't show up on your pinned items page? Anybody know?

I was just wondering this.

[kaylie]

My "secret" board pins are not showing up on my "pins" page.

To clarify on creating a secret board, I just went to add a new board and it gives me fields for board name, board category, secret (on/off switch) and who can pin.

It doesn't seem fair that I have it and others don't since I only started using Pinterest a few months ago.

[tarheels]

Here's the post support.pinterest.com/entries/22361518-announcing-secret-boards-important-launch-information

"Here’s how secret boards work on Pinterest:

- You can create up to 3 secret boards. If you already have 3 secret boards but want to make a new one, you’ll need to delete one or make one of your current secret boards visible to everyone. If you’re invited to contribute to someone else’s secret board, it won’t count against your 3-board limit.

- When you add a pin to a secret board, it won’t show up anywhere else on Pinterest—not in the category sections, Popular, Everything, anyone’s search results, your followers’ home feed, your own home feed, or even pins or activity pages on your profile.

-Your secret boards and pins are at the bottom of your profile. Just scroll down to see them."


I love that they put a limit on the quantity! Seems like such a great way for people to hide private things like a new baby or engagement, but still participate in the community!

[tarheels]

Update! If you don't have the Secret boards option on your computer yet, go to your smartphone. Download the newest Pinterest app and create the board there. (It'll give you instructions right when you open the app for the first time.) You can then access it on your computer.

[emoflamingo]

Thanks tarheels! I have an update in my app store but no wifi, so I hope that's it!

[tarheels]

Nov 8, 2012 16:19:54 GMT -5 emoflamingo said:

Thanks tarheels! I have an update in my app store but no wifi, so I hope that's it!

I had like a million Elf on the Shelf ideas open in tabs because I got so excited...I was afraid my browser was going to crash if I didn't figure out a way to get that update quick lol.

[MrsMB]

IT WORKS!

[crispnclean]

Nov 8, 2012 12:13:51 GMT -5 kyliek29 said:

So I went in and tried to see if this was working yet - but either I can't figure it out or its not available. Has anyone tried to make a board private yet?

I'm not sure if you were trying to make an existing board private, but if so, you can't do that. They only allow you to make a new secret board. And if you ever decide to make it not secret, you can't change it back to secret again.

If that's not the case and you don't see it at the very bottom of your boards, then perhaps it just hasn't been rolled out to you yet.