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Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp discusses technology, digital language, and more in this 2014 interview.

DESIGNING PINTEREST A website showcasing collections of all sorts could take many different forms. Sharp suggested a grid layout to make the platform easy to use, since grids are made up of simple columns and rows. According to Sharp, every detail of the first layout was carefully planned. The size of each box, as well as the location of the text in that box, was no accident. Even the colors used were thought through. The first people to receive access to the website were the friends and family of the owners. Pinterest purposefully restricted how fast people could sign up; for a long time, users could only join through receiving an invitation from an existing member. By the time the site was finished, Silbermann had noticed a trend that worried him. Many of the most popular websites on the

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