Posterous was a simple blogging platform started in May 2008.
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Posterous was a simple blogging platform started in May 2008.
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Many social media pundits considered Posterous to be the leading free application for lifestreaming.
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Posterous had its own URL shortening service, which as of March 2010 could post to Twitter.
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Posterous shut down in April 2013, after being acquired by Twitter the previous year.
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Posterous allowed posting of content directly to one's blog via e-mail, choosing where to put the content based on the return address of the e-mail.
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Posterous claimed that they could filter out messages not actually sent by the account holder through other means besides the return address.
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Posterous did not offer any options for the user to require confirmation on all posts, no matter who sends them.
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Three posters were successful, out of quite a few attempts, but Posterous quickly fixed the security hole which allowed these posts to go through.
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In January 2011, Posterous launched an app for the Android platform which was supported by 9 different phone models.
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Until the Posterous API was shut down, Posterous users could export their data to their new Posthaven account.
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