What is Posterous?
Posterous is a free blogging platform and social publishing system launched in 2008. It allows users to post text, photos, video, and audio from the web, mobile phones, email, and desktop widgets.
Some key features of Posterous include:
- Intuitive and simple posting - users can post content easily from anywhere via email, browser tools, mobile apps, etc.
- supports various media types including text, photos, audio, video, PDFs, and slideshows
- Customizable blog themes and designs
- Privacy settings allow users to share blogs publicly or privately
- RSS and email subscriptions allow readers to follow posts
- Social sharing integration with sites like Facebook and Twitter
- Supports custom domains for blogs
- APIs for developers to integrate Posterous functionality into other apps
In 2012, Posterous was acquired by Twitter and eventually shut down so users migrated to other blogging platforms. But it played an influential role in simplifying and streamlining blogging and publishing for many users.