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Gerber: Interest in Pinterest growing

Lately, I keep getting emails saying someone has repinned my pin. Huh?

Turns out the emails are related to the Times Free Press’ new account on Pinterest, a site that CNN called the “breakout social network for 2012.”

If you haven’t visited Pinterest or haven’t had your pins repinned – yet – here’s how it works:

It’s a virtual bulletin board on which members post (or “pin”) things they find interesting and want to share.

Pinterest automatically matches images pinned to the site from which it was pulled, and members can repin something, like it or comment on it.