Saturday, April 29, 2006

what is FUD?

FUD is an acronym that stands for Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt...

FUD is a form of deception/manipulation that is closely related to snake oil.. in fact, they're really a matched pair - where snake oil peddling is supposed to fraudulently make people believe something is good (or at least better than it is), spreading FUD is supposed to fraudulently make people believe something else is bad (or at least worse than it really is)...

FUD is often used by a representative of a company to disparage a competing product/technology/idea but it can also be used by people who are simply proponents of a particular product/technology/idea and want to hurt the competing product/technology/idea...

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