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by smaddox 3166 days 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.
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emodendroket 3166 days ago
I 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.
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tome 3166 days ago
Click-bait? I think click-bate is something else.
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B1FF_PSUVM 3166 days ago
With bated click - the moving mouse/finger hovers for a while, then, having hovered, moves on.
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purplezooey 3165 days ago
Especially if it's something on medium.com
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