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I doubt Ben took them seriously. He's well known for having fabricated popular stories on slow publication weeks/months. This was likely his form of click-bate.
by smaddox 9y ago
I doubt Ben took them seriously. He's well known for having fabricated popular stories on slow publication weeks/months. This was likely his form of click-bate.
- tome 9y agoClick-bait? I think click-bate is something else.
- B1FF_PSUVM 9y agoWith bated click - the moving mouse/finger hovers for a while, then, having hovered, moves on.
- purplezooey 9y agoEspecially if it's something on medium.com
- emodendroket 9y agoI mean the list of virtues is very typical of this era in America anyway, to be fair to Ben Franklin. I doubt a lot of thought went into it.