Three conspiracy theorists took 'Q' and sparked Qanon

[shadowgovt]

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/how-three-conspiracy-theorists-took-q-sparked-qanon-n900531

[jimsmart]

Article is from August 2018.

[shadowgovt → jimsmart]

Very true. But the article is still relevant as the whole conspiracy theory continues to maintain political traction in spite of being basically traceable, stem to stern.

[jimsmart → shadowgovt]

Indeed — I only mention the article's publishing date because older articles on HN are often indicated in their titling.

[Fjolsvith → shadowgovt]

They sure have had a bitch of a time getting the POTUS to tweet those Q proofs on time.