Posterous vs. Tumblr: A Head to Head

In the space between a long-form blog and a short-form Twitter account, there are mini-blog services like Posterous and Tumblr that seek to make blogging much more immediate, support all types of rich media, allow for longer entries if needed, and support short spurts that auto-post to Twitter as well.

Once the niche powerhouse dominating this middle space, Tumblr (Tumblr) has since seen Posterous (Posterous), the somewhat unremarkable email-to-blog platform, rise from obscurity, iterate at lightning pace, and start to build up well-deserved web buzz and high profile users.

This tumbling and posturing web-aholic has been using both sites for quite some time, so the head-to-head you’re about to read is filled with intimate knowledge of both applications.

 

6 Cool Tips To Get More Out Of Posterous

Since we covered Posterous on MakeUseOf a year ago, the service has added tons of new features and has grown into a mature platform. Many people love the simple, easy way to email brief text, photos, and audio/video clips to get them on their Posterous.

Beyond this simplicity however, there are some cool things you can do to unleash the power of the platform. In this article, let us look at some Posterous tips for power users.

 

Hello World

During my social media activities I recently noticed posterous as a new tool to publish content that´s not enouth for a blogpost but to long for a tweet on twitter. I decided to give it a try and here you are. I´ll write this in english so that non german speaking folks out there are able and invited to follow too. The major topics are about social media and e-commerce. Feel free to comment or you can leave me a message as well.