[leonroy]

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.

[gitgud]

'young college drop out makes billions'

*Translates to: "someone made a lot of money + no effort required!"

[TeMPOraL]

"... 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."

[TheSpiceIsLife]

> '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.