Comments on: Posterous vs. WordPress

By: Greg Fleischaker - Louisville Real Estate Agent

Greg Fleischaker - Louisville Real Estate Agent — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:52:35 +0000

I feel like a late-comer to this post, only six or seven months after you wrote it! Thanks for the comparison, these are the two platforms I am most drawn to and need to figure which one works best for me, or perhaps how best to use the two together.

By: Alexander White

Alexander White — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:43:07 +0000

Thanks for this excellent post. I’ve been trying to figure out how Posterous (and other microblogs) fit in, between Twitter and WP.

By: Jeff Kershner

Jeff Kershner — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:57:59 +0000

I was going back and forth between WP on Thesis and Posterous. Most of my posts are published mobile and having post via email feature that Posterous provides seemed to be a huge advantage. However, I still wanted to the flexibility of WP, not only for apps but for greater seo. I even had Posterous posting to my WP blog for a few days for test purposes…Eh.

I think there is a growing gap between the “mobile blogger” and the traditional blog(ger). Services like Posterous (and even typepad) make it easier for all to “mass-publish” content on the go.

I decided to stick with WP in hopes that they recognize that mobile blogging is a growing segment. They seem to be off to a good start considering their rapid (once they decided to build it) progress with their mobile app for iPhone and BlackBerry. I’ve been using the BB app with good success.

By: The dilemma about “Posterous vs. WordPress” « cynthia.

The dilemma about “Posterous vs. WordPress” « cynthia. — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:23:38 +0000

[...] The dilemma about “Posterous vs. WordPress” 2009 December 26 by Cynthia Tan Overall Posterous worked great for pushing a variety of content to a variety of places. The rather spartan web interface, lack of customization, and lack of extensibility limits its usefulness for a more traditional blog or website presence. A lot of Posterous’ functionality could be duplicated via WordPress plugins. For a simple publishing mechanism, Posterous is great, but for a full-featured blog platform, WordPress remains king. via anotherblogger.com [...]

By: Aaron B. Hockley

Aaron B. Hockley — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:59:18 +0000

Yes, you can edit posts by logging into the site over the web. I didn’t compare to Tumblr although I know the services are similar. I wanted to try out Posterous given the fact that they seem to have some traction and buzz at the moment.

By: Aaron B. Hockley

Aaron B. Hockley — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:58:37 +0000

My train blog is a bit neglected at the moment, but I have plans (for when I have some “spare” time… heh)

By: Brett

Brett — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:47:16 +0000

Can you edit after you post to Posterous via email? I agree with you that they will likely offer more useful bells and whistles later.

Did you compare to http://www.tumblr.com? If so what made you choose Posterous?

By: Kathleen McDade

Kathleen McDade — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:44:44 +0000

From the reader end, I thought it was perfect for the trip blog. Simple, loads quickly, easy to navigate. Enjoyed reading it.

By: Mitch Canton

Mitch Canton — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:39:08 +0000

Welcome back. I enjoyed your “posts from afar”. I agree with your sentiments, Posterous seems very moblog friendly, but the inability to tweak for posterity sake, for now, makes it not a “final destination” for quantities of quality content.

Would love to catch up soon about your train posts/blog. Very awesome stuff.

Mitch