Hey Eric, I have been following these top slideshares throughout the year and was just waiting to create this post because I think too many people ignore or under-estimate the usefulness of slideshare.

I think my perspective in creating this isn’t necessarily to add to “the deluge of content” or even to expect that someone would read them all in a sitting. I created this as a resource for people to skim, pick something they think is interesting or helpful or entertaining at this moment, and hopefully, deliver something to them that fills a need. That’s the “ethos” of my creation process.

I think most people make a decision to share it with a similar intention, knowing full well that most of their audience won’t find it helpful but a few will.

So I guess what I am saying is that I think the process of creating helpful stuff, sharing helpful stuff and reading helpful stuff is hopefully driven by the need to help people. It’s those who create, share and read for other purposes who are being ignored because we are all too smart to see through it.

Now where you saw 1300+ slides, others might just be seeing “26 time management hacks” because maybe that is an upcoming new year’s resolution and they might find that helpful.

Or, maybe like me, other content marketers are just interested in the type of content that does well on slideshare. I found that to be interesting and possibly helpful to my desire to be creating quality stuff that people are interested in.

As always I appreciate your very different and unique perspective!