Note from Pinterest Members
We take this situation seriously and aim to resolve everything that has been bothering our assistant.
We have observed numerous reports from our staff members concerning the persistent harassment by the group against our assistant's name and her mascot. We are present to resolve the disagreements and dispel their jealousy and accusations against one another.
As you are aware, there have been reports of harassment directed towards our assistant due to her use of Pinterest-chan as her mascot or name handler. We wish to clarify that she is not involved in any such dispute and does not participate in the gijinka trend. Pinterest-chan is simply a name associated with our assistant, as she adopted it prior to the emergence of this controversy.
Since these users come from the same group and have targeted artists who have created Pinterest-inspired gijinka based on Pinterest to develop Pinterest-chan, we wish to clarify that you are permitted to create a gijinka based on our brand. However, you are not authorized to claim our brand as your original character (OC), as you do not solely own it for official creation.
Our assistant uses Pinterest-chan mainly to support our community and direct her team in assisting many users on Pinterest. She serves as a mascot because many fans liked her in that role. However, we do not consider her an official mascot since we currently lack a feature to manage mascots for our brand. We might revisit this idea later when we introduce new features to improve Pinterest for all users.
As previously mentioned, you can create gijinka based on our brand; however, we kindly ask that you do not use our assistant's name. If you're only looking for a name, there's no need to name a Pinterest character, as it's already an anime.
We've banned the twitter group from using her name on their characters due to ongoing harassment against our staff and assistant. Others outside this group are free to use gijinka, and if you are respectful to our assistant, she may allow you to use her name for fan-made creations, but not for original or personal gijinka.
If we observe the group harassing our assistant, we may include a document to ensure that people do not support the group and are aware of their ongoing issues.
We hope this understands you, thanks!
