Why I Left Posterous

About six months ago, I finally got around to set­ting up a new per­sonal blog on my van­ity domain.  At the time, I was inspired by Steve Rubel’s deci­sion to move his extremely pop­u­lar blog to the new Pos­ter­ous plat­form, and thus fol­lowed in his foot­steps.  While it was great for a time, I wanted to get more out of my blog, and Pos­ter­ous just couldn’t keep up.

Specif­i­cally:

• I decided that SEO was impor­tant, after all, (go fig­ure, right?) and could not sur­vive on Social traf­fic alone.
• I wanted to incor­po­rate other fea­tures, like a con­tact form, and mul­ti­ple pages.
• I wanted to be able to grow a com­mu­nity on this blog, and felt that Pos­ter­ous was not the best tool for that goal.
• I just couldn’t live with hav­ing the same design as thou­sands of other people.

What will I miss?

• Post­ing through e-​​mail.  Pos­ter­ous really is the eas­i­est post­ing plat­form on the web.
• The way it han­dles video.  When I do shoot video, it’s fre­quently on my iPhone, and Pos­ter­ous is still the only video plat­form that I know of which will change the dimen­sion of the player to sup­port ver­ti­cal video.
• Cross-​​posting.  Pos­ter­ous is fan­tas­tic at cross-​​posting to my var­i­ous networks.

I will con­tinue to use Pos­ter­ous as my lifestream, where I’ll share inter­est­ing con­tent, and pub­lish pho­tos, videos, and other con­tent that just doesn’t belong here.

Please do not take this as a neg­a­tive review of Pos­ter­ous — I think the plat­form is fan­tas­tic, and has quite a bit to offer, espe­cially in the social media space.  It just wasn’t the right fit for what I want to accom­plish with this blog.

Either way, wel­come to my new site!  I would love to get your opin­ion in the comments!

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Related posts:

1. How To Set Up a Cus­tom Domain With Your Pos­ter­ous Site