How will Facebook respond to the growth of Pinterest? A look at the social network's history with competition
A report from marketing services company Experian says Pinterest is the third most popular social network in the U.S. after Facebook and Twitter.
In past years when a social platform started to get traction as Pinterest has, Facebook responded by launching features inspired by its would-be competitors. There was the switch to a real-time feed in response to Twitter and the addition of check-ins when Foursquare was hot. But with Pinterest, things might be different.
Pinterest’s status as an Open Graph partner potentially prevents Facebook from feeling a need to copy the app since it is essentially part of the platform already.
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