A week ago I had mixed feelings about Posterous. And now I know why: Posterous uses a way that distributes its content that is uncool. Simple: sending email is not something the cool kids do, everybody is sending email daily. Therefore my first feelings about Posterous was that it was totally uncool. We are struggling with immense amount of emails (with only a small percentage that is really useful) and than there is Posterous, a new service that seem to be email centric.
However by using such an uncool medium as email, Posterous is cool. It is a really easy way to send your content to a lot of networks. Everybody can email, and email is not a service that is blocked in most offices or countries (while something like facebook or youtube is often blocked). I still think Posterous is a bit uncool, however it is a brilliant way to post to all your networks. Email to certain domains is hardly ever blocked, and at almost every device that has an internet connection you will have the possibility to send email.
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