desperate attempt. Who really needs another social network ".....but were different than G+/FB/and twitter" ...total FAIL
Posterous Swaps Blog Platform for Social Network
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#22Wow, their new logo looks a lot like the Microsoft Office logo.
Compare: https://posterous.com/
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#23I 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…
It's interesting because I had the exact same initial reaction: uh-oh, did they change anything about my blog or group?
Personally, I almost never interact with posterous through the dashboard, but this move makes it seem that I'm either very much in the minority of their user base, or that they're no longer interested in serving my use case. Possibly both.
The net result is that where I would likely have used them without hesitation for another project I was planning on before these changes, now I feel like I need to look around and explore alternatives (including possibly reverting to a self-hosted WordPress blog).
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#24I 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…
It's interesting because I had the exact same initial reaction: uh-oh, did they change anything about my blog or group? Personally, I almost never interact with posterous through the dashboard, but this move makes it seem that I'm either very much in the minority of their user base, or that they're no longer interested in serving my use case. Possibly both. The net result is that where I would likely have used them w…
Hmm, nothing has changed with sites and groups, this is a new way to display and interact with them.
They all have their own standalone sites just as they always did and are just as customizable as before. The main difference is that interacting with content across multiple sites is much more streamlined through the new interface.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's interesting because I had the exact same initial reaction: uh-oh, did they change anything about my blog or group? Personally, I almost never interact with posterous through the dashboard, but this move makes it seem that I'm either very much in the minority of their user base, or that they're no longer interested in serving my use case. Possibly both. The net result is that where I would likely have used them w…
Hmm, nothing has changed with sites and groups, this is a new way to display and interact with them. They all have their own standalone sites just as they always did and are just as customizable as before. The main difference is that interacting with content across multiple sites is much more streamlined through the new interface.
Except they aren't called sites and groups any more. You're really underestimating how important labeling is.
EDIT: Lots of people want sites, lots of people want private groups, but no one wants a space simply because they don't know what that is.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's interesting because I had the exact same initial reaction: uh-oh, did they change anything about my blog or group? Personally, I almost never interact with posterous through the dashboard, but this move makes it seem that I'm either very much in the minority of their user base, or that they're no longer interested in serving my use case. Possibly both. The net result is that where I would likely have used them w…
Hmm, nothing has changed with sites and groups, this is a new way to display and interact with them. They all have their own standalone sites just as they always did and are just as customizable as before. The main difference is that interacting with content across multiple sites is much more streamlined through the new interface.
Thanks for the comment. Nothing has changed with how you can use Posterous for Sites or Groups. It's simpler, cleaner, better designed, more user focused, better mobile app, and a strong social layer.
We found our users loved having more control over how they share online. So instead of having 2 products, we simplified into one to rule them all.
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#28"Posterous Spaces" sounds just like Google+'s "Circles". I never used Posterous for blogging anyway, but surely this is bound to piss off the bloggers already using their service? Unless "Spaces" is just an extension to their blogging platform, and the title is misleading.
You can still use Posterous Spaces as a public blog. Each space can be public or private.
We're solving a similar problem as google circles. The basic difference is that Posterous Spaces are symmetric sharing so all members of a space can post.
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#29They should also change the name. It turns out that failpivot.com is available.
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#30The description of what it is feels like a Tumblr with Google+ privacy settings, which is a cool feature. One thing I've always wanted was for my Posterous blog sites to have an RSS feed for just that site instead of forcing users to follow me and have an RSS feed of their reader.