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[–]iamonlyoneman 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

FUD. At least the 4chan LARP was high quality, with someone posting facebook was first and the internet would follow in a couple of hours...20 minutes after facebook went down

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

TIL.

FUD - an old-fashioned, unimaginative, or pompous person : fuddy-duddy. How to use fud in a sentence.
~ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fud

Fear, uncertainty, and doubt (often shortened to FUD) is a propaganda tactic used in sales, marketing, public relations, politics, polling and cults. FUD is generally a strategy to influence perception by disseminating negative and dubious or false information and a manifestation of the appeal to fear.
~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt

FUD is an acronym for "Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt" and is commonly used in the cryptocurrency community as a short way to describe negative information about a blockchain based currency or asset.
~ https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=FUD

FUD is a disinformation strategy used by marketing and sales professionals that stands for Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. It's commonly used in the sales, marketing, polling, and public relations fields. FUD is used to influence consumer perception of a competitor's product by appealing to fear.
~ https://www.webopedia.com/definitions/fud/