We've all been talking about Posterous. It is a seriously cool site. In fact, I have enjoyed using it so much that I am going to start up another Posterous blog to cover personal things going on (like vacation next week). It is a GREAT platform.
But it isn't the only platform. In fact, before there was Posterous, there was Tumblr. And they are very similar. Similar enough that many think that Posterous took direct aim at Tumblr when they introduced their platform.
There are some things that Posterous has done VERY well... to start with, the emial post capability of Posterous is amazing. I'm not going to run over all of the options... it is another post... but let's just say that you can upate any combination of Flickr, FaceBook, Twitter, YouTube, your own blog and/or Posterous with one email. In fact, I would say that Posterous is one of the best syndication tools available. With just a couple of clicks from your mobile phone, you can syndicate content all over the web...
Tumblr has moved the other direction. It is a great aggregation tool. You can pull in content from 5 or more sources to one place. That is a very nice option. It is one of the best aggregators available. But there is something else that Tumblr does better than Posterous (although there is erosion there). That comes down to "the look". Tumblr has great theme options. Posterous has made their platform (kind of) compatible with the Tumblr themes, but they aren't quite there yet... yet.
The bottom line is that both platforms are pretty cool. They both do much the same thing, but they do it differently and with different strengths and weaknesses.
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