Which is better posterous or tumblr?

Posterous! I just adore Posterous. I learned about it on Fluther and it’s turned my technophobe husband into a photo blogger.

No ads, and a very friendly tone on the site, reminiscent of Fluther.

TUMBLR!

I only know Tumblr but it all seems rather pretentious and shallow. I do follow a few creative types on there though. I find it good for inspiration.

I think I’ll give Posterous a look-see myself.

All i know is tumblr and i actually keep up with a few jellies there!

Tumblr!!! Posterous seems too complicated and Tumblr is very straightforward. And of course @Dr_C is right, I can keep up with fellow jellies! It’s like a whole new way to keep in contact! You can find many!

http://www.fluther.com/disc/51146/do-you-have-a-blog-a-tumblr-blog-perchance/

http://www.fluther.com/disc/48536/so-flutherites-do-you-have-a-tumblr/

check it out!

@IBERnineD But Posterous was made as the simplest blogging platform possible!

It’s weird to compare the two, they cater to different audiences. Tumblr is neat if you’re in a small community of people who use it; it starts being a Twitter++. There are many things about it I don’t like though. The overall community is often frustrating. Tumblr gives you access to lots of themes but discourages other people from looking at your website directly. It also gives your blog a tumblarity rating, which I think is an awful idea because it doesn’t measure the quality of your content, and promotes link whoring, picture whoring, etc. On the other hand, Tumblr makes it super easy to post all kinds of content, and it’s pretty fun if you get into it.

I had a Posterous account (here) before Tumblr (here).

I found Posterous frustratingly devoid of features. Yeah, it’s simple because there’s little one can do there.

Tumblr, on the other hand, offers a simple and rich environment.

Right now, I consider Posterous to be Tumblr-lite. They recently added the ability to theme your Posterous blog… like Tumblr has had for a while now. But Tumblr’s ability to integrate with Twitter and Flickr as well as the fact that it’s nigh instantaneous in response to your posts, changes, subscriptions makes it a win for me.

Flip side, I seem to see more of the celebrity names on Posterous than Tumblr (like Rainn Wilson, Guy Kawasaki, iJustine, etc.)

As far as content goes, well, that’s your decision whichever platform you go with. Blaming the platform for people’s choice of content seems a poor way to decide.

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And I agree that Tumblarity (and its completely unknown algorithm wrapped in a question inside an enigma with secret sauce) is a waste of effort. Just don’t pay attention to it.

You could always check out this comparison:
http://mashable.com/2009/06/29/posterous-vs-tumblr/

About that comparison though.. I’m pretty sure you can easily send stuff to your tumblr via email as well, maybe not with as much finesse as with Posterous though.

@gggritso Yeah I get frustrated with some people, but I just stop following them. I guess I agree with @robmandu that Posterous is just too light for me. I like that Tumblr has a sort of community. And I think everyone can agree that tumbalarity sucks butt.