Want to start a blog, but don’t know how to create one.  Worry not, just send an email to post@posterous.com and your new blog is live.  Can anything be simpler than that?  I guess not.

Now you ask about pictures, videos, links and all, Posterous has you covered there too.  If you send multiple photos as attachment, they will be converted into an album.  Video links from Youtube and Vimeo etc. will be converted to video embeds, you don’t even have to lift a finger.
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What else do you want?  In my opinion, if you want something extra, then you are going to make it complicated.  More about it later though.
Posterous makes it even easier to cross post to various other online destinations like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr, Youtube etc.  And you can even import your blogs from other services like Blogger, WordPress, Tumblr etc.

Posterous is Pixelpipe for Blogging text, pictures and video etc.

Now in fact, the service is still new and the team is rolling out updates quickly.  But I have some suggestions for the team.  I hope the team will take a look and if possible include the changes in future updates:
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  1. More control over Crossposting – Most of the times I don’t want to post it to all the services I authorised in my account.  And if it gets cross-posted everywhere, it creates noise.  However I know I could use the specific email address for this purpose.
    I hope while using the bookmarklet, it gives me a checkbox to selectively auto cross-post.
  2. Post by web doesn’t make any sense if it opens an email application anyway.  I would love to see an online editor where I can write a blog post directly on Posterous.  The web editor I see while editing the posts.Posterous
  3. Make it easier to explore other blogs and subscribe to them.  If possible, make it easier to search other blogs by tags etc.
  4. Managing the site -
    • I can’t delete couple of posts simultaneously.
    • Managing post submission – Submitted post should be segregated so that I can selectively approve them.
    • I guess, a Dashboard is required to manage the posts where you can create, delete, approve and reject the posts.
  5. Guest should be able to submit articles for the blog while visiting it.  A link on the hovered Posterous dropbar should work.
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  6. May be add a ‘Reblog’ icon so that if I like something on other people posterous, then I can blog it on my Posterous too.  The way Tumblr does it.
  7. I would love to see an option to share posts online using AddThis, Sharethis etc.  This option may be provided where I get Edit, Delete, Tag and Autopost etc.
  8. I love the option of importing my blog from other platforms, but I would like an enhanced importer where I can select which posts I want to import.  At the same time, while importing, comments should also be imported.
  9. When I am managing multiple blogs, I want to setup a different sidebar, instead of showing the same profile information on all my posterous blogs, even if one of them is a team blog.
  10. Theme customisation options for better mainstream blogging experience, such as inclusion of advertisements, better themes, support for plug-ins etc.
Well, for now I can think of these improvements.  I will add more as soon as I add any to my wish list.  And if you guys can think of anything, don’t hesitate to add it in the comments.
Frankly speaking,
Posterous is an amazingly simple blogging platform and still provides the best experience other more sophisticated platforms don’t.
That is why I have decided to move my other blog “Guturgu” to migrate from Blogger to Posterous.  Hopefully in sometime the transition will be complete.  With my limited exposure to Posterous, I must say that I am really happy and looking forward to use it more and more.  Kudos to the Posterous Founders and the team.
Those who want to start a blog quickly without going into much hassle, then visit Posterous and read this FAQ to get started. Check out this video for quick overview:

My Posterous is Guturgu – The Cool Stuff Only. This is where I am moving my full blown Blogger blog Guturgu.

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