What's all this hype about Pinterest?

What's all this hype about Pinterest?

This new kid in the social networking town chocked up 11.7 million unique users in January 2012, making it the fastest site in history to break through the 10 million unique visitor mark.

The popular virtual pinboard site merges simplicity of Twitter and Tumblr, and couples it with a creative and visually appealing twist. Pinterest lets you pick out images that catch your eye on the Internet, and pins them down to your virtual boards for safekeeping. You can have as many of these boards as you like, and they can be themed accordingly by you to organize your pins.

Basically Pinterest offers a way of bookmarking, but in an creative, organized, visually appealing and socially interactive way. These collections are also shared with your other friends on the networking site, and vice versa, creating a friendly give-and-take community that allows you to inspire and peruse others.

Sounds interesting? Here are a few more points about Pinterest that might pin you down to this bulletin board-styled website.