Comments on: UPDATED: SlideShare team pulls dick move

By: johnkoetsier

johnkoetsier — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:45:38 +0000

Interesting!

I saw that too, and I saw suddenly enormous viewed stats on my slideshows. I just assumed, however that it was a glitch, because a couple of order of magnitude differences in a couple of weeks was just too unlikely.

By: Des Walsh

Des Walsh — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:58:06 +0000

It was pretty clear from comments I read on the day that some people in the rush of the moment circulated to clients and others the news of their “success” and then had to eat humble pie. Here in Australia, some of us were vulnerable to being fooled because April Fool's day had been and gone. If you are online for business, wanting to provide a service for professional people, it's probably a good idea to get your kicks elsewhere, out of sight of clients and potential clients. And not a good idea to play Let's Make Our Users Feel *Really* Stupid..

By: Jake McKee

Jake McKee — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:53:03 +0000

Ha ha! Great stuff! Yes, fun is good. Ill conceived fun is bad

By: bruce christensen

bruce christensen — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:14:33 +0000

We did a simple April Fools joke exchange.
It was designed to engage a memory from the past with the "SAVE this or that" trend.
We suggested that we SAVE an Elephant Joke on April 1st.
These jokes where all the rage in the 60' and 70's and are a bit of a lost art. They are stupid but are also funny.
We suggested that Saving an Elephant joke would benefit the next generation and continue a tradition of fun.
This April Fools joke didn't hurt anyone's web presence and we had a little fun with it.

Q: Why do elephants lay on their backs?
A: To trip low flying canaries.
Q: Why did the elephant have a yellow spot on his butt?
A: He wasn't laying on his back.

By: Clay Newton

Clay Newton — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:10:27 +0000

This looks a lot like their April Fools joke http://mashable.com/2009/04/01/slideshare-april...

It really upset some people, but I thought it was really humorous, for all the reasons you state above!

By: Lee White

Lee White — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:12:15 +0000

Too bad it was only an April Fools joke and note and not serious outreach. On the other hand, SlideShare does inform you when they put one of your presentations on the front page.

By: Nikhil

Nikhil — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:08:28 +0000

Happened to me as well. I was definitely flattered and did proceed to the site. But I'm wondering what criteria they used to define “LOT” of traffic. Did they send it to anyone who got even one view? Nevertheless, I agree that this was very well done.

By: laurent

laurent — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:07:40 +0000

They could also have used you real name .
Because it makes you conclude it's an automated email. So much for the human side.