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What? I am basically the opposite of a crypto bro. The term "FUD" has been around a long time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty,_and_doubt
Lol I've literally only seen it used as an excuse to ban people calling out rug pulls
Well now you've seen it elsewhere, too.
Thanks
If you care, it's been around since the 1970's and was coined by Gene Amdahl after he left IBM. Certainly not just a crypto-bro thing.
Neat, TIL
I've seen it all the time like a decade before crypto was a thing.
Ok
I most associate it with Slashdot comments in the 2000's, complaining about Microsoft spreading fear, uncertainty, and doubt about Linux and the GPL to scare companies into thinking that if they used Linux, they'd have to open source all their software, so yeah, definitely not just a cryptocurrency term.
Sounds like you've been in crypto communities way more than me (which is 0) lol
Mostly just watched a bunch of coffeezilla