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Posterous Makes a Play for Business Blogs

27 points by AndrewWarner 17y ago

hackworth 17y ago
well, that is one thing that will definitely set it apart from tumblr. hopefully they can use it to carve out a good niche.
- unalone 17y ago
  No it doesn't. Tumblr already supports posting to Twitter and to Facebook. What else was there? Putting group names on a blog? Tumblr's had that for years. Posterous had a lightning start, then fell on its ass; Tumblr adopted its best features and did them better. I mean, Posterous is here bragging about allowing minor thematic changes. I've had complete HTML control of my tumblelogs for three years. Not to mention, Tumblr's default theme is not only more cutting-edge than Posterous's, it's also vastly more attractive.
  - rantfoil 17y ago
    At the risk of feeding the trolls, I don't think you really understand what this release is about. It's not about theming (which by the way we support the same theme blocks and parameters that Tumblr does and its trivial to use all existing tumblr themes with Posterous). The bigger idea here is being able to autopost as a group, which has not been done before as far as I know -- it's great for team twitter accounts, for instance. Falling on its ass is rather insulting, and also totally untrue. Rory, please chill out.
    - unalone 17y ago
      I'm confused, then; what do you mean autopost as a group? Does that mean letting multiple people submit content, which is then posted to a single Twitter feed?
      - steveklabnik 17y ago
        From the graphic: "When each of us posts to the group, we can choose to have it post to our own autopost destinations."
edw519 17y ago
The link you are accessing has been blocked by the Barracuda Web Filter because it contains content belonging to the category of: Social Networking Kind of ironic, huh? I can't access anything from mashable or posterous from the office. Sounds like the first hurdle.
- jackowayed 17y ago
  At least since Posterous just uses email, you could still post to Posterous from the office.
- dannyr 17y ago
  Then, posterous may need to get a different domain for the business blogs.
  - eswat 17y ago
    With sites like LinkedIn and Highrise blocked by Barracuda, I think Posterous would have to also bang on some doors to make sure business blogs don't get blocked.
- coisanenhuma 17y ago
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jrmg 17y ago
I'm puzzled by this (and their recent blog post about Chevy's use of Posterous) . I almost used Posterous for my company blog, but didn't in the end because their terms of service very clearly say "It is available for non commercial use only, with the exception of being used to Autopost to blogs on Shopify.com."

27 points by AndrewWarner 17y ago

well, that is one thing that will definitely set it apart from tumblr. hopefully they can use it to carve out a good niche.

unalone 17y ago
No it doesn't. Tumblr already supports posting to Twitter and to Facebook. What else was there? Putting group names on a blog? Tumblr's had that for years. Posterous had a lightning start, then fell on its ass; Tumblr adopted its best features and did them better. I mean, Posterous is here bragging about allowing minor thematic changes. I've had complete HTML control of my tumblelogs for three years. Not to mention, Tumblr's default theme is not only more cutting-edge than Posterous's, it's also vastly more attractive.
- rantfoil 17y ago
  At the risk of feeding the trolls, I don't think you really understand what this release is about. It's not about theming (which by the way we support the same theme blocks and parameters that Tumblr does and its trivial to use all existing tumblr themes with Posterous). The bigger idea here is being able to autopost as a group, which has not been done before as far as I know -- it's great for team twitter accounts, for instance. Falling on its ass is rather insulting, and also totally untrue. Rory, please chill out.
  - unalone 17y ago
    I'm confused, then; what do you mean autopost as a group? Does that mean letting multiple people submit content, which is then posted to a single Twitter feed?
    - steveklabnik 17y ago
      From the graphic: "When each of us posts to the group, we can choose to have it post to our own autopost destinations."

edw519 17y ago

The link you are accessing has been blocked by the Barracuda Web Filter because it contains content belonging to the category of: Social Networking Kind of ironic, huh? I can't access anything from mashable or posterous from the office. Sounds like the first hurdle.

jackowayed 17y ago
At least since Posterous just uses email, you could still post to Posterous from the office.
dannyr 17y ago
Then, posterous may need to get a different domain for the business blogs.
- eswat 17y ago
  With sites like LinkedIn and Highrise blocked by Barracuda, I think Posterous would have to also bang on some doors to make sure business blogs don't get blocked.
coisanenhuma 17y ago
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jrmg 17y ago

I'm puzzled by this (and their recent blog post about Chevy's use of Posterous) . I almost used Posterous for my company blog, but didn't in the end because their terms of service very clearly say "It is available for non commercial use only, with the exception of being used to Autopost to blogs on Shopify.com."