Microsoft's Killing of Vista 10 Seems to Have Resulted in More Articles About GNU/Linux (But Also FUD)
Do you waddle the waddle?
About a week ago Vista 10 came to an "end" after Microsoft had consciously "killed" it (to promote Kill Switches). Millions of people began searching for alternatives, not spyware or a screenlogger disguised as an "operating system".
We not only saw a rise in traffic, we also saw a remarkable rise in the number of articles. Over at Tux Machines, for example, we've added over 250 new pages in one week (latest). We also saw a share of Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt (FUD) or fear-mongering, dramatisation, scare tactics etc. Here's a pair of hours-old examples from Google News, and we should note both are fake 'articles':
At the bottom it says "Gurubaran is a co-founder of Cyber Security News and GBHackers On Security."
Slop farmer, that's all he is, and Google News helps give visibility to his slopfarms, which replicate FUD and misinformation.
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