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One thing to note is that 'young college drop out makes billions' is a more compelling story than 'middle aged, well educated person with good savings makes bil
by leonroy 9y ago
One thing to note is that 'young college drop out makes billions' is a more compelling story than 'middle aged, well educated person with good savings makes billions'.
The former sells more clicks and hence advertising dollars - it conjures the notion that anyone can do it. The latter suggests at least a decade of work experience, probably an education and some money.
It's clear which story is going to end up trending on the news and the public's consciousness.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago> 'young college drop out makes billions' > 'middle aged, well educated person with good savings makes billions'. Do we know if anyone has A/B test these two headlines? Finding fault with middle-aged-well-educated-person-with-good-savings*, who became a billionaire in under 10 years, shouldn't be too hard for the media, and therefore plenty of things to whip up a scandal about.
- gitgud 9y ago'young college drop out makes billions' *Translates to: "someone made a lot of money + no effort required!"
- TeMPOraL 9y ago"... just one weird trick. Maybe I can do that too! I should read this article - maybe some parts of the secret are revealed in it."