EvilHaitianEatingYourCat@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhat is "FUD"?message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up184arrow-down1message-squareWhat is "FUD"?EvilHaitianEatingYourCat@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareClav64@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up26·11 months agoIn a modern internet context: Fear. Uncertainty. Doubt. Often used in crypto circles when a shitty project is being accused of being a rug pull. The scammer may say “it’s just FUD, ignore it”. On ‘the street’, if I called someone a fud, it is calling them an idiot.
minus-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoIs that just a Scottish thing, ya fud?
In a modern internet context:
Fear. Uncertainty. Doubt.
Often used in crypto circles when a shitty project is being accused of being a rug pull. The scammer may say “it’s just FUD, ignore it”.
On ‘the street’, if I called someone a fud, it is calling them an idiot.
Is that just a Scottish thing, ya fud?