In 2010, the makers of the ultrasimple blogging service Posterous went on an aggressive recruiting campaign to snatch users from "dying platforms." The startup released 15 importers that made it easy for users to migrate their blogs and photos from services like Ning, Twitpic, and Blogger. "Whatever the reason, whatever the site, we want you to switch to Posterous," the company said.
Anyone who was compelled by that campaign probably regrets it now. After growing quickly for three years, Posterous started struggling and pivoted to become Posterous Spaces, a Google Groups-like discussion app. When Twitter bought Posterous in the spring of last year, it was widely understood to be an "aquihire," a way for Twitter to absorb the Posterous...
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