Unsurprisingly, some folks on raddle and reddit seem to have a big problem with lemmy. A lot of it is pure FUD.
However, this appears to be a valid security concern:
https://raddle.me/f/fediverse/166674/lemmy-is-so-much-like-email-it-even-brought-back-spy-tracker
Any thoughts on how fixable this is?
Of course the general consensus on reddit is “lemmy devs are clueless and dangerous”. I’m pretty sure a lot of it is one guy with multiple alt accounts, tho. He has a Joe McCarthy attitude about lemmy because of one of the primary devs.
I meant specifically the shortened version FUD which became popular because of Bitcoin and Twitters limited letter count. Talking about fear uncertainty and doubt all together is definitely not a new idea.
Here’s from the '70s:
“The search for self”. Clothes. New York, NY, USA: PRADS, Inc. 10 (14–24): 19. 1975-10-01. Retrieved 2011-06-10. […] One of the messages dealt with is FUD—the fear, uncertainty and doubt on the part of customer and sales person alike that stifles the approach and greeting. […]
FUD has been a term since the 1970s. It has nothing to do with crypto
FUD was around from the Slashdot era.
Lol. FUD predates the internet.
Someone else linked the wikipedia entry. First coined as an acronym when IBM was protecting its mainframe from competition by Amdahl butthre phrase goes back to the 20s
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty,_and_doubt