It's been just over two years since we first launched our Posterous importer and I never could have predicted how the blogging space would evolve so quickly in that time. As you may have seen in the news today, the Posterous team is joining Twitter, which we know will be exciting for our friends at Twitter and well-earned for Posterous co-founder Sachin Agarwal.

We've had an over 250% spike in the number of imports the past few hours, so it seems timely to recap how the importer works:

  1. Sign up for a new WordPress.com blog.
  2. In your dashboard, go to Tools → Import and click on "Posterous."
  3. Enter your Posterous login details, and we'll email you when the import completes!
  4. Take the time while it's running to have a sarsaparilla, then explore some of the great designs available for WordPress.com, and start following your favorite blogs from your WordPress.com account so that you can read them all in one place.

Once you're all set up, you can easily create new posts with the New Post button at the top of your screen, and you can also publish posts by email.

If you have any trouble, don't hesitate to contact our 24/7 support staff for help.