In the last few weeks Ben Silbermann, CEO of Pinterest made promises of a redesign of profiles on the popular site. Upon logging into accounts on Friday morning, users began to see these changes.

For the most part this redesign is based strictly on formatting changes giving the page a more distinctive look that in fact resembles that of Facebook’s TimeLine.  Moved to the top of the page, next to your profile picture there is a section to add a description about yourself; this gives you the opportunity to personalize your profile and add immediate insight into your interests. In addition the news feed regarding pins has been reduced to include the three people whose photos a user most frequently re-pins.  Below your profile picture is a tool bar tallying your number of boards, pins, and likes. There is also an activity button, which allows other users to view recent pins, and new users you followed. In the center is your edit profile button; here you can rearrange your boards. And, on the right side of the tool bar is the tally of the number of Pinterest users following you, and the number that you follow.

The biggest change would be the boards themselves, now featuring the last pin on each board made as a larger cover photo, and four thumbnails ordered from most recent placed below. Users are able to rearrange the order of their boards, but are unable to rearrange the photos themselves.  If you don’t like the photos being displayed, the trick is to keep pinning and then the photos will change.

What do you think of the changes made to Pinterest? Are you happy with them, or would you like different changes made?