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YouTuber = William Osman It always bothers me when blogs don't include the person name's in the title and just refer to them as "YouTuber". It's less egregious

YouTuber = William Osman It always bothers me when blogs don't include the person name's in the title and just refer to them as "YouTuber". It's less egregious when it's social media like Reddit, but it's different when it's the way they earn a living.

dewey 5y ago
> After receiving a medical treatment that included a round of antibiotics and an X-ray scan, Californian Will Osman thought he got stuck with a $69,000 hospital bill. Luckily, Osman's insurance covered most of the bill, but that still left him on the hook for $2,500. That's the first sentence of the article. Doesn't that cover that pretty well?
- xeromal 5y ago
  I think they mean his name should be in the title of the article.
  - dewey 5y ago
    Doesn't really make sense to me. If it would say "Will Osman Builds His Own X-Ray Machine" it doesn't really convey the same message as "YouTuber" which is kinda equivalent to "a regular person" and not a professional x-ray engineer.
    - hef19898 5y ago
      I highly doubt a professional would do it, or at the very least not post it oblibe if they did.
    - scrumbledober 5y ago
      I'm sure there's room for "Youtuber William Osman Builds His Own X-Ray Machine"
geoffeg 5y ago
They have to get you to click the link to find the name so they can get the ad impressions. However, you saved me a click!
- lotsofpulp 5y ago
  They also have to stir up outrage by falsifying not only how much the person was billed, but also implying that the bill was simply for an x ray.
  - Tronno 5y ago
    I'm not sure how 2.5k for an x-ray and antibiotics is anything less than outrageous. Perhaps that's pocket change for this crowd? And that's after insurance. The full price is unthinkable to me - most people would be ruined for years.
    - ars 5y ago
      An x-ray in the US is around $30 if you pay for it yourself. The 2.5K is the article lying to you to get clicks.
    - lotsofpulp 5y ago
      My comment was not intended to indicate whether or not $2.5k is or is not outrageous. The point of my comment is that $69k was apparently deemed to be sufficiently more outrageous and hence clickbait worthy such that it incentivized the writer to lie about the facts.
      - mrguyorama 5y ago
        No. If I go to a hospital and get things done, and do not give them an insurance card, they can send me a bill for whatever numbers they want, and I am legally required to pay that! The fact that you can often negotiate when you have a large debt that you are unlikely to pay does not change the fact that the debt is legitimate
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cbozeman 5y ago
I don't think that's by accident. If someone works in legacy media, like network and cable television, printed newspaper or magazine, and they don't clearly see the shift away from print and broadcast media to Internet video, then they're totally behind the curve, and they doing exactly what you always see people in dying prominent institutions do - struggle to maintain relevancy using any method possible. In this case, I would argue, "downplaying" so-called "new media" people. Sam Harris said it best when explaining why he doesn't make book writing his focus any longer: "I can reach 100,000 people by writing a book, which will take about a year from idea to published hardcover, or I can record a podcast, which will take a day, and reach 500,000 people."
hexane360 5y ago
This is just how you write headlines though. It's not "<some person you've never heard of> proposes bill", it's "California state senator proposes bill". It's not "<some random engineer> makes new technology", it's "Engineer makes new technology". I don't think it's related to trying to devalue 'YouTuber' as a profession.
- icholy 5y ago
  I believe he is an engineer.

dewey 5y ago

> After receiving a medical treatment that included a round of antibiotics and an X-ray scan, Californian Will Osman thought he got stuck with a $69,000 hospital bill. Luckily, Osman's insurance covered most of the bill, but that still left him on the hook for $2,500. That's the first sentence of the article. Doesn't that cover that pretty well?

xeromal 5y ago
I think they mean his name should be in the title of the article.
- dewey 5y ago
  Doesn't really make sense to me. If it would say "Will Osman Builds His Own X-Ray Machine" it doesn't really convey the same message as "YouTuber" which is kinda equivalent to "a regular person" and not a professional x-ray engineer.
  - hef19898 5y ago
    I highly doubt a professional would do it, or at the very least not post it oblibe if they did.
  - scrumbledober 5y ago
    I'm sure there's room for "Youtuber William Osman Builds His Own X-Ray Machine"

geoffeg 5y ago

They have to get you to click the link to find the name so they can get the ad impressions. However, you saved me a click!

lotsofpulp 5y ago
They also have to stir up outrage by falsifying not only how much the person was billed, but also implying that the bill was simply for an x ray.
- Tronno 5y ago
  I'm not sure how 2.5k for an x-ray and antibiotics is anything less than outrageous. Perhaps that's pocket change for this crowd? And that's after insurance. The full price is unthinkable to me - most people would be ruined for years.
  - ars 5y ago
    An x-ray in the US is around $30 if you pay for it yourself. The 2.5K is the article lying to you to get clicks.
  - lotsofpulp 5y ago
    My comment was not intended to indicate whether or not $2.5k is or is not outrageous. The point of my comment is that $69k was apparently deemed to be sufficiently more outrageous and hence clickbait worthy such that it incentivized the writer to lie about the facts.
    - mrguyorama 5y ago
      No. If I go to a hospital and get things done, and do not give them an insurance card, they can send me a bill for whatever numbers they want, and I am legally required to pay that! The fact that you can often negotiate when you have a large debt that you are unlikely to pay does not change the fact that the debt is legitimate

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cbozeman 5y ago

I don't think that's by accident. If someone works in legacy media, like network and cable television, printed newspaper or magazine, and they don't clearly see the shift away from print and broadcast media to Internet video, then they're totally behind the curve, and they doing exactly what you always see people in dying prominent institutions do - struggle to maintain relevancy using any method possible. In this case, I would argue, "downplaying" so-called "new media" people. Sam Harris said it best when explaining why he doesn't make book writing his focus any longer: "I can reach 100,000 people by writing a book, which will take about a year from idea to published hardcover, or I can record a podcast, which will take a day, and reach 500,000 people."

hexane360 5y ago

This is just how you write headlines though. It's not "<some person you've never heard of> proposes bill", it's "California state senator proposes bill". It's not "<some random engineer> makes new technology", it's "Engineer makes new technology". I don't think it's related to trying to devalue 'YouTuber' as a profession.

icholy 5y ago
I believe he is an engineer.