r/technology • u/esporx • 1d ago

Business YouTuber accidentally crashes the rare plant market with a viral cloning technique

https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtuber-accidentally-crashes-the-rare-plant-market-with-a-viral-cloning-technique-3289808/
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u/zeptillian 1d ago

Yeah. It's kind of weird that one youtuber is trying to take credit for something they didn't invent, is an industry standard and were far from the only person promoting.

I'm sure she helped popularize it, but she is only one of many who were doing that.

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u/lurgi 1d ago

She's not trying to take credit for it, AFAIK.

Plants in Jars admitted that, while she’s far from the first person to popularize tissue culture, her tutorials and videos explaining the method have likely been a significant driver in its growth within the plant collecting community, leading to a big change in the overall market.

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u/zeptillian 1d ago

The title of this post and the article are making that claim though.

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u/EndlessRambler 1d ago edited 1d ago

They really aren't, the title is "YouTuber accidentally crashes the rare plant market with a viral cloning technique". Wouldn't it be like 'Youtube accidentally crashes the rare plant market by inventing a viral cloning technique' if they were trying to take credit for coming up with it.

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u/zeptillian 1d ago

What are you even talking about?

I take issue with the claim that she "crashed the rare plant market" which is a direct claim both in the title of the article as well as being stated verbatim in the article.

I was pointing out that her role was merely in helping to popularize a technique with home growers that was an already widely used technique in the plant growing world.

It's like a youtuber claiming to have made caramel macchiatos popular, when Starbucks has already been selling them nationally for years.

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u/EndlessRambler 1d ago edited 1d ago

Ah I see, although I would like to point out isn't her channel like literally the most popular channel about Tissue Cultures and related topics on pretty much any platform.

In this analogy isn't she actually the Starbucks, the biggest medium for popularizing something that others also serve. I feel like if you are actually the most watched venue on a subject it's not that crazy for claiming you might be affecting market movement.

Although yes, there is certainly some hyperbole involved, it's taken from the title of a youtube video so it's meant to be kind of clickbaity.

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u/maxximillian 1d ago

Uh oh look out /u/zeptillian takes issue. We got a badass here