I wish people who stop using "FUD" as a synonym for "incorrect" or "wrong".
FUD ("fear, uncertainty and doubt") is a disinformation strategy to undermine the opposition and "influence perception by disseminating negative and dubious or false information and a manifestation of the appeal to fear" [1].
FUD was famously a tool used by Microsoft against its competitors.
I wish people who stop using "FUD" as a synonym for "incorrect" or "wrong".
FUD ("fear, uncertainty and doubt") is a disinformation strategy to undermine the opposition and "influence perception by disseminating negative and dubious or false information and a manifestation of the appeal to fear" [1].
FUD was famously a tool used by Microsoft against its competitors.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt