kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhat is "FUD"?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up162arrow-down1message-squareWhat is "FUD"?kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareClav64@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up19·11 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?