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Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

Guest — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:53:06 -0000

Ah, seems I repeated this before reaching here. But considering how many repeat teh mailing thingie, it may perhaps bear repeating. :)

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

Guest — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:44:28 -0000

Apart from the posting, but if there is a Tumblr user unaware of it, I can recommend the java script bookmark. Quick and easy, allowing you to decide if a post (or just partial text you marked) is to be posted as text, link, quote, etc.

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

Guest — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:19:31 -0000

Ok, I haven't read all 117 comments (yet), but one of the things I really like with Tumblr is the ability to post through mail, including photos, formatted text, and tags. A lot of posterous users mention the email posting, something Tumblr has had as long as I can remember? (I started with Tumblr in Feb 2007)

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

Malcolm Bastien — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:54:41 -0000

One thing I'd actually like to see is what service are different Tech/Web celebs using. Just as much as a contest, I'm sure that would influence some people's actions as well.

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

Jason — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:27:33 -0000

Tumblr rules Posterous drools. Woot! Woot!

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

J.P.L. Martín — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:28:21 -0000

They will add media management to web interface, just a matter of time!

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

J.P.L. Martín — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:16:55 -0000

Well i just think the same that @Kamamiya said! Specially "Constantly Improving/Adding Features!! Sooner or later posterous will rule the world.

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

chrlsgms — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:42:40 -0000

I vote for tumblr. cuz i begin there, i love the elegance and sofistication for theming (also they made changes and changes for better all time), but i still don't get the spirit of the community... but posterous have a charm anyway, i use it to post only for my facebook friends, like a secret link between us.

I believe tumblr. will grow, become more and more like wordpress, the micro-blogging thing is hard to maintain with such innovations... once you starting adding things.. is not micro anymore...

(ps: i vote for you guys, please get my text editor with "center, justify, left, right" now)

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

tuxme2 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:19:19 -0000

I use both, and I recommend posterous because it is easy.

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

Croutons — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:45:06 -0000

I see that many comments vote posterous, but yet the poll shows that tumblr is leading.

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

rixx03 — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:48:29 -0000

Tumblr's just plain better, hands down. Come on! Comparing Posterous to Tumblr is like comparing China-made iPhones to original iPhones from Apple. I'm sure it has its pros, but nothing beats how user-friendly and intuitive Tumblr is.

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

rixx03 — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:44:55 -0000

Posterous is weird and hard to get used to, IMO. I don't even know why a vote is being held. Tumblr all the way! :)

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

Daniel Saradin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:31:21 -0000

Posterous all the way. It's such an easy to use site with so much to offer the end user. I don't even know why a vote is being held. Posterous all the way!

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

sedaozmen — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:41:13 -0000

I examined both of them. And I decided to use Posterous who has more sharing options and the whole publishing from email. As mentioned earlier Posterous should improve little bit their web editor to include media uploads. Need to know a little bit HTML.

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

Wally — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:25:48 -0000

Posterous is the best but I think Tumblr has a headstart and so more fans will vote Tumblr but I just love Posterous so very very much and Sachin and Gerry are the coolest guys too.

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

Robbie — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:19:53 -0000

Posterous has Rainn Wilson blogging http://rainn.posterous.com/

OK, perhaps not a actual real reason. But I like that I can simply email small micro-blogs, attaching link to youtube or a photo and it will be displayed correctly.

Also that it autoposts your photos to your flickr/facebook account, fully updates your blog account (at least with blogger, not sure on other platforms) and status updates your twitter/facebook account.

Basically I can do very little (one smal email) and get a lot of reach (blogger/facebook/twitter/flickr....and more)

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

Paul Zink — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:03:01 -0000

Ryan, it's very easy to upload photos to Posterous using email, I do it all the time. Video too. If it's easy for me, a 57 year old guy, then I'm sure you can figure it out.

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

Paul Zink — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:00:28 -0000

Voted for Posterous because it's so damned easy and quick to use.

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

Shafiu — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:37:31 -0000

Tumblr FTW!

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

Louis Trapani — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:30:00 -0000

I use them both for different purposes. Each have their pros and cons. I only started to use Posterous in August, whereas I have been using Tumblr for a few years now. The autopost feature of Posterous is a real plus, but not being able to monetize (i.e. Google's Adsense) on Posterous, as you can with Tumblr means I currently post more Tumblr.

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

Kris Colvin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:25:27 -0000

Tumblr's easy for users and I can make pretty things to brand it for me/my clients, which I love. At my site, We Heart Tumblr (http://wehearttumblr.com) I wrote an article called "Why Tumblr?" (http://wehearttumblr.com/po... and both my personal and 7 business sites are running on the Tumblr platform. Oh, and did I mention I love Tumblr??? LOL! :-)

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

Paulo Pina — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:24:16 -0000

Posterous rulez!

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

kapi — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:25:31 -0000

I use Blogspot.

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

Crusader — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:54:51 -0000

And my limited experience with Tumblr shines through...damn. Still I feel as if Posterous was just simpler to get into and much more intuitive.

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

david — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:40:04 -0000

Tumblr by a billion. Posterous is a joke.