11 Oct 2009

Posterous and FriendFeed

Steve Rubel has an interesting post here on Posterous that briefly shows that traffic to Friendfeed has taken a fairly sharp decline in the last few months, while Posterous has almost closed the gap in traffic with FriendFeed. With some great perspectives being thrown out in the comments by big names in the social media world and average Joes alike, this post is especially worth the read.

I've been using FriendFeed for quite some time now and am disappointed that the great engagement I enjoy with so many Twitter friends hasn't carried over to FriendFeed. I'm not exactly sure why that is, but if I had to guess, the YASN (Yet Another Social Network) factor would be my first stab at a guess. Although I can see potential for Friendfeed to be more than a social feed aggregator, it seems that that's all it will probably ever be for me. Judging from the comments on Steve's post, the same seems to hold true for many other FriendFeed users.

As a new Posterous user, I tend to think of Posterous only in the context of blogging, but the comments clearly show that it can be used for so much more than just blogging. The potential uses and almost absurd ease of use of Posterous make it a very exciting platform that I hope continues to catch on.