Diigo or Pinterest? Who ya got?

   It was interesting for me to setup and start using both Diigo and Pinterest. While I was aware of Pinterest and had a general idea of what it was, I had never even heard of Diigo before. I was happy to find out that they were both excellent ways to share ideas and resources.  After spending some time with both of them, it's interesting to see how the two offer a similar service but it very different ways.
   The most glaring difference of course the appearance of the two sites, while Diigo offers a very clean text heavy interface, the Pinterest look is almost completely graphic with a more intuitive interface. Beyond the look though, there is other more important differences with the functionality of the websites and how we can use them as teachers.

When setting up my Diigo page what I liked most about it was the ability to search by tags and keywords to find a site you are looking for, and I was able to add or see detailed information about a site without having to actually go to the site. It was also very useful with Diigo being able to follow others to see what they are interested in, as well as sharing my interest with them. One thing that Diigo was missing though, was ability to comment on others links or any real sense of interactivity.
On the other hand, when setting up my Pinterest boards, I was a little overwhelmed by how interactive it was, it was a bit hard to get a handle on what I was meant to do as I was being inundated with tons of images but not a lot of explanation. Once I learned to search through keywords and find some good images I was amazed by the sheer volume of resources available on Pinterest. I also like that you could comment on people's pins and send messages making it more interactive that simply sharing bookmarks like Diigo.
Over all, as much as I can appreciate how much Pinterest has to offer I think I would more be more likely to use Diigo again, as it seems a little more logical and easy to follow, I do wish it had more interaction, but when compared to how busy Pinterest seems to me, Diigo just feels easier to manage and deal with.