I just set up a Posterous account for my startup a few weeks ago because I heard lots of praise and recommendations about its simplicity and ease of use. While I haven't posted much up til now I was just about to get serious with it, then I saw this article and the changes.

At first glance things look quite a few of the options and features were stripped out and the whole experience has now become more complicated...

I understand the need to pivot and change their business model, but moves like this make me wonder if it was a good idea for them to do something this drastic (only because from all I've heard about the services it was primarily about its blogging features and its ability to share via other social networks) and if I should consider looking for alternatives to what was (and may still be?) a simple blog...