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The interesting thing about Qanon isn't Qanon itself. The account just spews out vague randomness continuously. It could just be a markov chain generator connec
by noonespecial 9y ago
The interesting thing about Qanon isn't Qanon itself. The account just spews out vague randomness continuously. It could just be a markov chain generator connected to the text of news sites.
Its the first derivative of the feed that's scary. There's a whole bunch of "cloud-spotters" convinced that they are seeing patterns in the madness and recompiling bits of it into a conspiracy theory narrative. If all the downstream see is this derivative output, you end up with a collection of "Q is real!" believers.
Its just a fascinating emergent phenomenon, if not for its very real political consequences.
- ibidibi 9y ago>very real political consequences What if there really were a conspiracy to entrap politicians in pedophilia/ritual-sexual-abuse? How do you think the governments of the world would deal with it, once enough evidence is discovered to present to their citizens? If the network is deeply entrenched, how do you expect justice to play out? For the victims, I mean.
- anigbrowl 9y agoI don't know whether it's random or not. It could be a Markov chain generator, and much of the 'content' is just recycling obvious contemporary events to give it a veneer of veracity, but it does seem to drop some genuine leaks from time to time. A journalist friend of mine monitors the feed and the surrounding community and I'm sure glad that I don't have to keep up with it myself. I check in on it once every week or 10 days and frequently wish I hadn't.