Both use the mobile app exclusively & basically just use it for moodboarding/inspiration. They interact with it entirely within the app and don't leave the app.
Is it possible this engineer is working on a part of the product that doesn't directly touch the web publishing side and is (relatively) unaware of that side of the business.
I've definitely met engineers who don't dogfood and wouldn't be aware of aspects of their company's product since they haven't used it themselves.
Lots of female users use Pinterest for organizing pins for a wedding. Essentially, they are great as a wedding checklist planner.
I agree that Pinterest's practices with Google search are pretty poor. But Pinterest as a standalone product is amazing.
I was immediately inundated with bridal content and very little else.
I am yet to find at least a single spamming company whose owners would not be well aware of what they are - because if they are stupid enough to believe their own story they will be quickly taken over by someone who is well aware of their own BS.