The Daily Dot has a pretty fascinating interview up with a kid who has figured out how to make upwards of a grand a day by promoting Amazon products on Pinterest:

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I resent Pinterest. I haven’t really gotten into it in any depth, but browsing makes me feel like an unsuccessful human being. And so, I like reading stories about how it is being exploited.

Via the Awl.

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7 replies on “Spamming Pinterest”

  1. The fact that so many people hate Pinterest makes me a bigger fan of it than I already was. What’s not to love? Pretty pictures of food, dogs, and other kool knickknacks!

    Plus, from my brief experience, Pinterest’s hot women to weirdo ratio is very good compared to tumblr, twitter and zuckerbook.

    Everyone follow me for awesome spam–er, I mean pins: http://pinterest.com/davidjrjr/

  2. I think using the Amazon-affiliate system for profit this way is kind of genius. He’s right in that it’s not “technically” scamming anyone. Still, I’d love a way to permanently block affiliate links on my system. They just feel dirty.

  3. If anyone is spamming any of my networks after they go thru the filter I want a piece of what they “earned”. Frikin spam.

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