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We both wanted hyper growth. We both wanted venture funding. We both wanted a lasting company. It's not easy and I didn't quit.

I built a team. Accountability and execution in the company. It's not as easy as it sounds.

We made mistakes and learned. I think everyone did well and are on to great things.

We want to make sure our users can move to other sites easily. If you have suggestions for our exporter, please let me know

The XML file in our export can be uploaded to Wordpress.

Great point. I wonder why they don't. I'm sure it's coming...

sigh. So much false information in this thread.

Everyone who joined Twitter was handsomely rewarded for their hard work and their accomplishments at Posterous. We're taking much of what we built at Posterous to make Twitter a more powerful platform.

If the employees simply got to keep their job, they wouldn't have accepted the Twitter offer and instead have joined another startup. There are plenty of great opportunities out there.

i understand the hate on parking in the handicapped spot. but seriously there are 4 there and were NEVER used. He packed in the furthest away of the 4

a post about apple includes my memories about apple. why the hate?

easy there bro. There were already restrictions on education purchases when I did this. I worked with the bookstore director directly to buy in volume. It was all in the open.

You can still use Posterous Spaces as a public blog. Each space can be public or private.

We're solving a similar problem as google circles. The basic difference is that Posterous Spaces are symmetric sharing so all members of a space can post.

Thanks for the comment. Nothing has changed with how you can use Posterous for Sites or Groups. It's simpler, cleaner, better designed, more user focused, better mobile app, and a strong social layer.

We found our users loved having more control over how they share online. So instead of having 2 products, we simplified into one to rule them all.

You can still use Posterous Spaces as a blogging platform. We haven't removed any of the features that make Posterous great for public sharing. We made everything simpler, more social, and added a great iPhone app.

Apple used the Shake team to build Motion, an application which a much larger user base.

Our web editor is definitely in need of some love, and we'll be updating that later this year.

We're changing our "post" links to all go to the web editor. While email is still the #1 way our users post to posterous, those already on the web want to stay on the web.

For images: we default to grouping them together into a gallery. But you can also separate them out into individual photos.

-Sachin CEO, Posterous

oops yeah i knew that. i'll clarify in the post that carwoo is if you decide to go with the "all new" buying option.

We were seeing some high load times earlier this month because of increased traffic. but earlier this week we added a bunch of boxes, cached most pages, and generally improved the speed of the site across the board.

if you are still seeing issues, let me know.

both loaded pretty much instantly for me. if you are still seeing issues, email me. sachin@posterous.com. thanks

Hi Johnny

Most sites are loading very quickly for me. What is your site url?

We varnish all site pages, so maybe when you went to the site the first time it wasn't cached, but it should be now.

Let me know and we'll take care of it

-Sachin CEO, Posterous

Hey guys, thanks for the feedback. Most of our users do want the canonical url to be the posterous version.

However, this isn't true for all our users, especially those who are using us to autopost to other sites.

We'll make this a theme element so that it can be removed if desired.

Thanks

Sachin CEO, Posterous

better member management (people don't have to create accounts); photos, video, audio, documents are all supported natively; web view is far superior. Give it a shot and let us know what you think!

Thanks, Mike. We're fixing this up right now.

we don't autopost to facebook groups right now but we might add that in the future. You can also autopost to a facebook profile or page

Think of Posterous Groups more like an email list on steroids than a web based groups product. You can invite people by adding their email address to the group, and they dont have to sign up for anything to use the service.

The service is fully functional as an email list, but better since it handles rich media well.

Plenty of business and teams use Posterous Sites already today. Some are using Posterous as their public, outward facing site, and others as an internal, collaboration tool.

Many businesses also use Yahoo Groups or Google Groups today for email lists. Yet those products are pretty lacking.

We think there's a real need for a modern email list solution and we're confident we can get users from individuals to businesses to bring their lists to Posterous.

We found that Facebook Groups felt more like a group wall than a product for sharing and collaboration. You can't send attachments via email, and you can't reply with anything besides plain text.

Posterous Groups makes email the core of the product. You can do everything via email including creating a group and replying with rich media attachments. There aren't any restrictions on what you can post.

Facebook Groups doesn't work well as a mobile experience. It's important for me to be able to post and consume content from my iphone. This works well in email and using the Posterous iPhone app.

While Facebook does have a large user base, there will always be people who aren't on the service or don't sign in to it regularly. We're firm believers that email is the best way to reach people.

We've made it seamless to get non Posterous users to understand how a group works and how they should participate. Give it a shot and please send feedback our way.

Thanks!

Many restaurant websites actually put an OpenTable link on their reservations page, directing traffic there.

That makes me think the restaurant prefers reservations to come in that way. They don't just see it as a secondary reservation system to bring in more customers, but the primary channel.

The added efficiency of OpenTable cannot be underestimated. Especially when trying to book something for a large group or at the last minute, being able to see availability across many restaurants in a single glance is critical. I'm not going to bother calling.

I think there are a few reasons.

First of all, I think all the "perks" Google talks about are really just HR marketing. They have good benefits, but so do Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, and any other large company. But the others don't seem to have to talk about it all the time.

The 20% thing is s sham. Believe me, no one is working 32 hours per week on Google stuff and 8 hours per week on personal ideas. Everyone works to the bone and rarely do people actually have time to work on something outside of that.

The perks like free lunches, car washes, laundry, etc are less interesting as people get older. These are all designed to keep you in the office longer. Maybe it's cool to have your social life revolve around work when you are 22, fresh out of college. But at some point you realize you want to get away from work when you are done with work.

There is less upside to Google stock than there was before. With a $600 stock price, you really need to think if you're better off staying at Google or going elsewhere. For people who are fully vested, I'm sure Facebook looks like a great option with more upside potential.

Personal opinion: Google doesn't build great products. They are a technology company. If you are working on search or ads, that's exciting. But otherwise there are few products at Google where I would feel proud to work on.

In general I find it odd that magazines and newspapers are constantly writing about how cool it is to work at Google. I'd much rather hear this from the employees themselves, in blogs or just word of mouth.

I worked at Apple for six years and I can't stop talking about how great the experience was all around. I am modeling Posterous around what I learned there. I'm not sure I've heard the same from ex Google employees.

you can't compare technical skills with teaching attitude

I'm a very impulsive buyer. If I see something I like (or is a good deal), I just do it. You should see my Amazon order history, it's been pretty insane since I got Prime :)

I agree, and we'll be changing this. Thanks!

my dream is a merger of the two companies. I went from Audi to BMW. I want the BMW engine, suspension, etc. and the Audi design and polish