Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Pinterest adds a chat tool for collaborative planning boards

For many, Pinterest is the go-to tool for planning out ideas for parties, weddings, and other events. And now, Pinterest is trying to make its platform even more useful for group planning.

In an update today, Pinterest is adding an activity feed for group boards, which acts as a timeline of recent activity — pinned items, likes, and comments. That should be helpful, since before, no one was notified when a new comment was added. But the most useful addition may be the new ability to simply leave a comment, without attaching it to a specific pin.

Now, group members can just leave a message in the activity feed to start a chat thread, which others can respond to. That should make Pinterest’s group boards more useful for starting and...

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