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I really don't know how to feel about Posterous at this point. When I signed up in the early days, it was awesome. They were the simple and concise, yet ridiculously powerful alternative to tumblr - email post@posterous.com, get a blog. I loved showing it to people because it was so amazingly simple. I understand that wasn't quite enough to draw users in and they needed to evolve the product, but especially with this…
At first glance things look quite a few of the options and features were stripped out and the whole experience has now become more complicated...
I understand the need to pivot and change their business model, but moves like this make me wonder if it was a good idea for them to do something this drastic (only because from all I've heard about the services it was primarily about its blogging features and its ability to share via other social networks) and if I should consider looking for alternatives to what was (and may still be?) a simple blog...
I really don't know how to feel about Posterous at this point. When I signed up in the early days, it was awesome. They were the simple and concise, yet ridiculously powerful alternative to tumblr - email post@posterous.com, get a blog. I loved showing it to people because it was so amazingly simple. I understand that wasn't quite enough to draw users in and they needed to evolve the product, but especially with this…
I just set up a Posterous account for my startup a few weeks ago because I heard lots of praise and recommendations about its simplicity and ease of use. While I haven't posted much up til now I was just about to get serious with it, then I saw this article and the changes. At first glance things look quite a few of the options and features were stripped out and the whole experience has now become more complicated...…
For all the talk about simplicity, I find these things do not fit my workflow very well, which is just write a post, add some tags, add some audio. I would be looking for a new platform except I don't want to have to upload all my audio files on a new site again.
Not sure what it is now. That's a problem. I've stopped recommending it to people because I can't summarize it like this anymore.
Posterous had a few good ideas, but as far as blog platforms go, it was too limiting. They should have focused on improving their core business, instead of transforming it into a half-assed Google+.
I just set up a Posterous account for my startup a few weeks ago because I heard lots of praise and recommendations about its simplicity and ease of use. While I haven't posted much up til now I was just about to get serious with it, then I saw this article and the changes. At first glance things look quite a few of the options and features were stripped out and the whole experience has now become more complicated...…
If you're having questions or doubts regarding your switch, feel free to shoot me a line by email.
It's a bit dated now, but I think this is still the best take on why Tumblr did better than Posterous:
(I don't try to sound funny, I really am curious what you have to say about these two services.)