I'm thinking of using http://blogger.com or http://posterous.com/ what else is out there? What would you recommend?
I'm looking for a hosted solution with basic functionality.
Ask HN: what hosted blogging solution would you recomend?
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#2For well-polished basics, I don't think you can do any better than posterous.
Re: Ask HN: what hosted blogging solution would you recomend?
#3Tumblr has post-by-email and customizable themes. http://www.tumblr.com/why-tumblr
Soup.io is another tumblelog platform that makes it dead simple to reblog (literally one click). http://soup.io
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#4I love posterous.
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#5I use Livejournal myself. Works fantastically well, best commenting system out there, support RSS, Atom and OpenID. Has a well-featured API, so you can use any number of clients to write posts.
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#6For well-polished basics, I don't think you can do any better than posterous.
I just created a posterous account.
Is it possible to add photos to a post after its been posted? I can see it gives you text editing, but no way of uploading photos?
Do you get to decide where the photos fall in-line with the text?
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#8I faced the same question a few days ago. I went for Tumblr in the end, mostly because of the polished feel both of the website and of individual Tumblr blogs, the low barrier to entry, and theme customisability. I've quite liked how little I've had to change to get a basic blog working how I want it (decent look and feel, Twitter feed integrated, etc).
Only nasty surprise since has been that the Tumblr founders "don't believe in comments", so there's no built-in commenting support (instead of commenting, you're supposed to sign up for your own Tumblr account and use their "reblog" feature, which isn't a decision I want to force on any readers I may attract). They do have some integration with Disqus, which I was sort of planning to use anyway, although apparently this doesn't work so well in themes other than the default "Redux". I have had a couple of problems with comments not showing up, but I think it's probably a problem with Disqus rather than with Tumblr.
I found a couple of Mashable articles comparing Posterous and Tumblr:
Re: Ask HN: what hosted blogging solution would you recomend?
#9Blogger, WordPress.com, Posterous, Tumblr, Weebly, TypePad, etc... are all good choices, each with their own pluses and minuses. If you get to the point where you want more flexibility, and customization with your choice of plugins, please give Flooha a try, it's free. http://flooha.com You can upgrade later to a traditional web hosting account with control panel, ssh, email, backups, cron jobs, forwarders, statistics, file manager, and more if you like the service.
If you have questions, look me up on Google Talk as "flooha", or email me at matt [at] flooha [dot] com.
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#10I went with tumbler for mine, the only thing I don't like is how it links to the actual post. Instead of linking the post title, like every single other blog on the planet, you have to scroll all the way down and click the "Posted 4 days ago" link