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[dahwolf]

Worse, Pinterest even ranks highly in Google, often higher than the original.

If you'd now go and do the same, create a website that rehosts known content, Google will simply delist you.

But magically, not for Pinterest, they get a boost instead. I've always wondered what kind of under the table deal makes this possible.

[00jimbo → dahwolf]

i've never understood the policy either, especially because it actively makes google images worse