We found that Facebook Groups felt more like a group wall than a product for sharing and collaboration. You can't send attachments via email, and you can't reply with anything besides plain text.
Posterous Groups makes email the core of the product. You can do everything via email including creating a group and replying with rich media attachments. There aren't any restrictions on what you can post.
Facebook Groups doesn't work well as a mobile experience. It's important for me to be able to post and consume content from my iphone. This works well in email and using the Posterous iPhone app.
While Facebook does have a large user base, there will always be people who aren't on the service or don't sign in to it regularly. We're firm believers that email is the best way to reach people.
We've made it seamless to get non Posterous users to understand how a group works and how they should participate. Give it a shot and please send feedback our way.
Exactly. I don't know why so many people believe facebook to have solved human communication. This is perfect for the way my friends are I discuss over literature, science, philosophy, and political topics. This is an application not taken very seriously by facebook groups (long posts get cut off, the "docs" feature is underwhelming, etc)
That's great, thanks. I didn't realise until this announcement that you guys are competing with facebook in some respects (at least in terms of where people spend time online). The way you guys are going, I won't be surprised you will be one of the biggest players on the internet in a few years.
Posterous Groups makes email the core of the product. You can do everything via email including creating a group and replying with rich media attachments. There aren't any restrictions on what you can post.
Facebook Groups doesn't work well as a mobile experience. It's important for me to be able to post and consume content from my iphone. This works well in email and using the Posterous iPhone app.
While Facebook does have a large user base, there will always be people who aren't on the service or don't sign in to it regularly. We're firm believers that email is the best way to reach people.
We've made it seamless to get non Posterous users to understand how a group works and how they should participate. Give it a shot and please send feedback our way.
Thanks!