From their acquisition FAQ: "We’ll give you ample notice before any changes to the service and we’ll share clear instructions about how to move your content to other services. In the meantime, your Spaces will remain up and running without disruption."
Sounds like posterous is not long for this world. This is a bummer, I really like posterous.
> What happens to my Space? Will Posterous eventually shut down?
> You can use your Space(s) exactly as you have in the past. We’ll give you ample notice before any changes or disruptions to the service and we’ll provide specific instructions for exporting your content to another service.
> Posterous engineers, product managers and others will join our teams working on several key initiatives that will make Twitter even better.
Sounds like they'll be working on Twitter, not Posterous. It doesn't say anything about people at Twitter working at Posterous, so it doesn't sound like a merge.
There's a big difference between "Um... ah... we'll tell you before we delete everything" and "We've received assurances from Twitter that they intend to support the project for the foreseeable future", though.
Yes, but if they haven't received those assurances, there's no benefit in highlighting the fact (for either the users or Posterous), and much potential harm if users spook and Twitter later decides to continue supporting it.
They would have just been through a negotiation process for acquisition. Of they didn't seek out assurances or none were given I find it highly unlikely there will be any result but a shutdown. If twitter was interested in posterous the product, it would have been front and center in the announcement.
Sounds like posterous is not long for this world. This is a bummer, I really like posterous.