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The original analysis fingering this guy is here: https://www.logically.ai/articles/qanon-key-figure-man-from-new-jersey https://www.logically.ai/articles/qanon

The original analysis fingering this guy is here: https://www.logically.ai/articles/qanon-key-figure-man-from-new-jersey https://www.logically.ai/articles/qanon-key-figure-man-from-... It seems a little circumstantial to me, frustratingly. He was involved for sure in the QMap site that archived the Q posts. Whether that makes him "Q" is I guess unknowable. He certainly could have made himself Q if he wasn't originally. I mean... really there's no particular interest in Q's identity per se. Q didn't reveal any truths that were later confirmed, and got almost everything wrong in a factual sense. Exactly who wrote the posts is mostly academic.

madeofpalk 6y ago
> fingering this guy hmmm
ed25519FUUU 6y ago
The article says "Key figure"? Am I missing something here? I feel a little bit crazy. This guy was just reposting content from 8kun on his own website and a Patreon. Anyone can build this website in 5 minutes. Did this guy know anything special about qanon or was it just a money making operation?
- newacct583 6y ago
  I didn't say "key figure". I think it's totally plausible this guy was just scraping content as a grift (he appeared to be making a decent amount of money from this app). I think it's unlikely that he was doing that without involvement or argumentation by 8kun, and per other posters here there has been reporting on connections between 8kun and qmap in the past. It strikes me as unlikely that QMap would have survived as it does without the sanction of 8kun. And as QAnon posts are only authenticatable in the context of 8kun's tripcodes, that seems to argue that they were in cahoots. It's not just a web scraping app, basically.
phtrivier 6y ago
The beauty of Q is that it does not need to have any claim confirmed by anyone else : the very fact that the claims are not confirmed, or, even better, denied by the mainstream media is proof that the claims are true. That's just genius, and I'm kind of jealous not to be earning easy dollars this way as a non US citizen.
- bjr11 6y ago
  Just abuse the mentally ill in your own country if your jealous. Im jealous that human filth like yourself can can say these things and feel no remorse
  - rajup 6y ago
    It's a stretch to call all those who believe in this conspiracy mentally ill, no?
    - rsynnott 6y ago
      That’s an interesting one. I think most peoples’ gut reactions, on hearing the sort of thing they believe, would be to say, yes, of course they’re mentally ill. But there is precedent for this, for convincing very large numbers of normal (albeit not generally very smart) people to believe completely insane things.
    - runawaybottle 6y ago
      Some go as far as to say religious people are mentally ill. What we’re witnessing with the modern conspiracy theory is basically an incubator (a legit ycombanitor) for religion startups. Literally watching the moment of the Big Bang when all of our major religions started from some unsubstantiated claims over to divine laws - with no one asking for a shred of proof as it spreads. How did that happen? A good story, characters, dumbasses, boredom, etc. Oh, sprinkle some persecution in there, that always fans the flames (Christianity in Rome). So, QAnons being persecuted and banned now? Textbook startup, time for more funding. Fascinating really.
- scollet 6y ago

madeofpalk 6y ago

> fingering this guy hmmm

ed25519FUUU 6y ago

The article says "Key figure"? Am I missing something here? I feel a little bit crazy. This guy was just reposting content from 8kun on his own website and a Patreon. Anyone can build this website in 5 minutes. Did this guy know anything special about qanon or was it just a money making operation?

newacct583 6y ago
I didn't say "key figure". I think it's totally plausible this guy was just scraping content as a grift (he appeared to be making a decent amount of money from this app). I think it's unlikely that he was doing that without involvement or argumentation by 8kun, and per other posters here there has been reporting on connections between 8kun and qmap in the past. It strikes me as unlikely that QMap would have survived as it does without the sanction of 8kun. And as QAnon posts are only authenticatable in the context of 8kun's tripcodes, that seems to argue that they were in cahoots. It's not just a web scraping app, basically.

phtrivier 6y ago

The beauty of Q is that it does not need to have any claim confirmed by anyone else : the very fact that the claims are not confirmed, or, even better, denied by the mainstream media is proof that the claims are true. That's just genius, and I'm kind of jealous not to be earning easy dollars this way as a non US citizen.

bjr11 6y ago
Just abuse the mentally ill in your own country if your jealous. Im jealous that human filth like yourself can can say these things and feel no remorse
- rajup 6y ago
  It's a stretch to call all those who believe in this conspiracy mentally ill, no?
  - rsynnott 6y ago
    That’s an interesting one. I think most peoples’ gut reactions, on hearing the sort of thing they believe, would be to say, yes, of course they’re mentally ill. But there is precedent for this, for convincing very large numbers of normal (albeit not generally very smart) people to believe completely insane things.
  - runawaybottle 6y ago
    Some go as far as to say religious people are mentally ill. What we’re witnessing with the modern conspiracy theory is basically an incubator (a legit ycombanitor) for religion startups. Literally watching the moment of the Big Bang when all of our major religions started from some unsubstantiated claims over to divine laws - with no one asking for a shred of proof as it spreads. How did that happen? A good story, characters, dumbasses, boredom, etc. Oh, sprinkle some persecution in there, that always fans the flames (Christianity in Rome). So, QAnons being persecuted and banned now? Textbook startup, time for more funding. Fascinating really.
scollet 6y ago