Like a scene out of Hitchcock’s cinematic classic, the birds at Twitter have swooped in for the kill, this time taking aim at the team at Posterous. While there’s no blood and carnage quite yet, the fate of the popular Posterous Spaces is a question mark.
The Official Posterous Space blog has announced that the microblogging service has been acquired by Twitter, a move that ironically set off a firestorm of tweets about the long-term viability of Posterous now that Twitter is making off with the company’s talent.
“Posterous Spaces will remain up and running without disruption,” founder Sachin Agarwal writes. “We’ll give users ample notice if we make any changes to the service. For users who would like to back up their content or move to another service, we’ll share clear instructions for doing so in the coming weeks.”
Unfortunately, the writing seems to be on the wall, at least in the minds of many users who are already planning to relocate their blog -- and an Acquisition FAQ on the company’s website says the Spaces can be moved to WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger, et al and plans to “provide you with specific instructions for exporting your content to other services” in the near future.
“The opportunities in front of Twitter are exciting, and we couldn’t be happier about bringing our team’s expertise to a product that reaches hundreds of millions of users around the globe,” Agarwal writes. “Plus, the people at Twitter are genuinely nice folks who share our vision for making sharing simpler.
“Finally, we’d like to offer thanks to all of our users, especially those who have been with Posterous since day one,” the blog post concludes. “The last four years have been an amazing journey. Your encouragement, praise and criticism have made us better. Thanks for that. We look forward to building great things for you over at Twitter.”
We don’t doubt that, but it’s a little sad to see Posterous get plucked for its talent, at any rate.
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