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[โ€“] qnvx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Your comment can be read in multiple ways

"It's called pinterest. Go there instead. This site is not for you."

or

"It's called pinterest. This thing you are interested in already kind of exists. Just thought I would let you know."

The people downvoting had the first interpretation, I assume.

[โ€“] Jhex@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Honestly, I really cannot stop people from making up things I did not write and tagging them along in their heads.

I was answering the question in the picture of this post:

Do you know any Reddit alternatives aimed towards Women?

The way I worded it "it's called Pinterest" came from me thinking this was a well known thing which apparently is not for many lemmy users.

Check this article which is 10 years old, where Pinterest representatives acknowledge this demographic divide and want to correct it

https://www.thestreet.com/technology/why-pinterest-wants-more-men-and-how-it-plans-to-get-them-13101082