Pinterest lets you make boards private with Secret Boards

Secret Boards

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For the holidays this year, Pinterest is giving its users a gift that's rarely found on the Internet: more privacy.

The social-bookmarking site today began testing private boards that can be seen only by you and whomever else you choose. It's one of the company's most frequently requested features, Pinterest Software Engineer Evrhet Milam wrote in a blog post today.

The test is rolling out gradually to all Pinterest users and lets each user create up to three of these "Secret Boards," which can be set up on the Web and on mobile.

These boards won't show up anywhere else in Pinterest, that includes search results, your followers' home feed, or your own home feed.

"We hope that Secret Boards will make Pinterest even more useful," Milam wrote. "You can use Secret Boards to keep track of holiday gifts, plan a special event, or work on a project you aren't yet ready to share with the rest of the world. You can keep your Secret Boards to yourself or invite family and friends to pin with you."

To create a Secret Board from the Web, scroll down to the bottom of your profile and click Create a Secret Board. You can also click Add+ on the top right-hand corner of Pinterest to select Create Board and switch the Secret button on. Mobile users ... [Read more]