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Comment by noelchurchill | Hacker News Reader

I think posterous is really good for what it is now.

However he talks about how they raised a few million dollars, don't make any money now, but they're going to make a "pro" version for companies who need to monazite their blog and charge for it. As long as self hosted Wordpress is available I don't know why I'd ever want my "monatized" blog hosted on posterous where it would disappear and stop working if I ever stopped paying them. If I'm earning a livelihood from blogging I'm sure as hell not going to let it's fate potentially rest in the whims of Posterous.

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Think about the millions of businesses out there who need a website, and want to be on Twitter and Facebook. Most of these people have no clue how to setup a self hosted wordpress site. And even if they knew how, don't have the time to do it.

For these people, paying for a hosted website is well worth it.

What about putting an ad on Craigslist asking a freelancer to set up Wordpress and install the plugins to integrate it to Twitter and Facebook? That can be done in literally a day (longer for a custom theme), and for about $500-$1000.

That sounds like a lot of work, to be honest.

wordpress.com? (or tumblr.com or...)

"Pro" users who are monetizing their blog should be able to figure out how to set up a self hosted Wordpress blog or hire someone to do it cheaply. It a business expense and is well worth it.

For companies who just need a blog to communicate with their customers, then a standard posterous account should be fine, and they don't need to pay for "pro" features.

The one thing that is difficult for people is setting up a self hosted WP blog. Us here, myself, and other tech people know how it is done; however, most people don't know the ins and outs (let's be honest, SQL isn't brain surgery).

Posterous will absolutely corner the market for socially aware businesses who want a one click solution to their blog / twitter / friendfeed / etc. I currently work in the Social Media space and I wish my clients had the foresight to jump on such a dead simple blogging platform. The export issue really isn't much of a problem either, set up a blog in tumblr or a hosted WP solution and just export it all there.

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