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Disturbing new trend: STOLEN BOARDS

theburntsunsetnovel
Loves to help

I've noticed a disturbing trend on Pinterest @PinterestGabby - whole boards being stolen and redirected to spam sites. 

Here's my board (PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS ONE DOWN):

https://www.pinterest.com/theburntsunsetnovel/the-summer-happy-relationship-poetry/ 

Here are two boards that steal my text, the pins, use the same board description, and use a similar board title all while sending people to another URL. 

https://www.pinterest.com/bettyearly470482/the-summer-happy-relationship-poetry/ 

https://www.pinterest.com/allisongarcia352806/the-summer-happy-relationship-poetry/ 

How do I get this spammer banned for life without messing up my impressions? I'm so tired of losing pins to people like this. I don't have the energy to report the 21 pins on each board that they stole and redirected to another website. They are even redirecting a story on each board. 

Why doesn't Pinterest start pursuing legal action against these people? I spend hours per day making content just to have it stolen within days.

This totally sucks and it ruins my brand. All the while my impressions go all over the place. When Pinterest responds to me I would like a detailed description of how action was pursued against these spammers. I'm tired of the DCMA form letters. 

Chris

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theburntsunsetnovel
Loves to help

I followed your advice and added the VPN too. Thank you.

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PinterestGabby
Community Manager
Community Manager

Great to hear that this was resolved, @theburntsunsetnovel! Hope you have a great, safe holiday weekend. 🙂 

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therealsouthamerica
Jack-of-all-trades

@theburntsunsetnovel Nice! Solid!✌️Some serious privacy I love it and I won't give it up I have been with KeepSolid for a few years now great company if you have a problem they answer you right away but to be honest I haven't had a problem. Here in South America identity theft and the like are seriously out of control this is the only way to get peace of mind and the internet we have in our home runs better with the VPN it helps the speed significantly. Lisa❤️

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candidcuisine
New member

How do you find users who steal pins?

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theburntsunsetnovel
Loves to help

Do a search on your own pins with the magnifying glass, or search one of your pin names or board names from the search button. For each pin that shows up, you should be able to find the URL it links to by hovering your curser over it. If the link does not link to your website, you have a stolen pin. 

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