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The headline “CEO of very small bank gets 24 years for embezzlement” would get a lot less clicks, and almost certainly would not have ended up on the front page
by mikeocool 2y ago
The headline “CEO of very small bank gets 24 years for embezzlement” would get a lot less clicks, and almost certainly would not have ended up on the front page of Hacker News.
The fact that he was fooled into pouring it all into a crypto scam is kinda the interesting part of the story.
- achow 2y agoOP was not referring to the headline, but the general narrative. Have a clickbait headline if you will, but in the article have that thoughtful perspective.