Posterous represents an evolution in writing spaces because of the freedom it offers users. American culture has been evolving into a society focused on individualism. We value personal identity and expression; as is evident with the popularity of facebook and myspace, where people want to express their individuality by having their own profile. Through a profile one can post pictures and text which they feel reflect their identity. However, I believe that facebook is limited in that people use it more to communicate to other people about events, whereas Posterous initiates a more expressive atmosphere where one can easily post any thought that enters their mind. Posterous, thus, goes further into our current culture's desire for individualism.
Posterous offers people to express thoughts and actions, whims and facts, through Posterous you can express anything through any medium: you can write a piece of short fiction, you can search google image find a picture that expresses your thoughts and post it, you can say what you did that day, and reflect on any topic you want. I found accounts that posted videos and personal responses, blogs complaining about other social networking sites, and blogs that utilized Posterous' flexibility and posted a little bit of everything. Posterous is the most freeing writing space I have encountered because of the freedom it allows and inspires. Posterous invites you to
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