That made me facepalm. I pizzagate came up in a discussion with a friend of mine - both of us wondered how hard it would be to create a conspiracy theory from

That made me facepalm. I pizzagate came up in a discussion with a friend of mine - both of us wondered how hard it would be to create a conspiracy theory from whole cloth, and get widespread belief in it - both of us were a little disconcerted that a mere individual would have that much power - but that is the issue with social media to an extent.