Posterous Is Good

06Jul09

Though I’ve had my Posterous account for a year now, only recently have I found a use for it. Based on Steve Rubel’s lifetreaming declaration, I am now a full-time lifestream-er! I still write essays that go to my Squarespace, Blogger, and WordPress blogs, but I’ll also be adding pictures, links and video to YouTube, Delicious, and Facebook. I don’t bother autoposting to Twitter or FriendFeed, since they seem separate from the Posterous experience (and since FriendFeed is a lifestreaming entity itself).

Posterous caught my attention last week when Mashable posted their Posterous vs. Tumblr comparison. To me, that comparison is unnecessary. Posterous and Tumblr are two different things: Posterous sends out to other sites; Tumblr pulls in from other sites. I don’t like either service better than the other because they serve two different purposes. I’ve used Tumblr longer because it’s been around longer, but that’s it.

I also heard Posterous mentioned on the most recent NATN podcast (#107: The Twittering Fridge). Someone mentioned that Posterous’ autoposting service might “clog up the tubes.” Of course, this is impossible: if there’s enough room on the internets for porn and LOLcats, then there’s room for replicated content. =) All of my essays go to my Squarespace blog; Ubuntu-specific entries also go to Blogger, political and tech-related entries also go to WordPress. If something gets shut down, I always have a backup; or if someone doesn’t want to go to one of my blogs, they can go to another. I lose nothing.

So, I like Posterous and I will continue to use it for lifestreaming. It doesn’t compare to Tumblr, nor does it do any harm in autoposting. =)

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