No, Pinterest I’m Not Getting Married

File this in the harmless-but-creepy folder. Pinterest sent a good number of users email this week congratulating them on their upcoming weddings and pointing them to marriage related boards. Hi xxxx, You’re getting married! And because we love wedding planning — especially all the lovely stationery — we invite you to browse our best boards […]

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File this in the harmless-but-creepy folder.

Pinterest sent a good number of users email this week congratulating them on their upcoming weddings and pointing them to marriage related boards.

Hi xxxx,
You’re getting married! And because we love wedding planning — especially all the lovely stationery — we invite you to browse our best boards curated by graphic designers, photographers and fellow brides-to-be, all Pinners with a keen eye and marriage on the mind.

The trouble was the targeted emails were sent to many people who aren’t planning to get married at the moment. Naturally, quite a few of them took to Twitter to comment on Pinterest’s social faux pas.


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Martin Beck
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Martin Beck was Third Door Media's Social Media Reporter from March 2014 through December 2015.

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