Make the Switch to Posterous

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24 points·jmtulloss··5 comments

Every day for the next 15 days, we'll add a new platform from which you can import your old content into Posterous.

Neat marketing! /sits back to await 2 weeks of 'Posterous adds xxx' HN posts

I understand the desire to dominate the market, but isn't it a bit much to call other platforms "dying"?

I recently started my first Posterous blog and so far I am a big fan, though I would like the founders to answer the very first question posted in the comments:

"Um. And… what about simple ATOM import/export? The standard way to do all this stuff, I believe. "

I don't quite get this. It seems to conflict with their existing import and offers a different set of services to import from.

If you have an account, you can import from Tumblr, Blogger, Wordpress (even a self-hosted Wordpress, Movable Type, Xanga).

If you go to the URL at the link above (http://posterous.com/switch), it allows you to import from Tumbler, Ning.

I'm assuming they will ultimately be the same set of services.

Very nice! I just switched our company blog to posterous a few days ago. The setup was a breeze, adding contributors was simple, and posting-via-email is just oh so nice.

Only thing I'm not a fan of is the theme editor is kind of slow if you're doing your own HTML, but that's understandable at this time.

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