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minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoI think q-anon was in another chan
minus-squarePeer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoIt started on 4chan, only moved to 8chan (likely a different poster) much later. See for example: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/how-three-conspiracy-theorists-took-q-sparked-qanon-n9005 Q posts moved from 4chan to its more toxic offshoot 8chan in November after a post claiming the original board had been “infiltrated.”
I think q-anon was in another chan
It started on 4chan, only moved to 8chan (likely a different poster) much later.
See for example: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/how-three-conspiracy-theorists-took-q-sparked-qanon-n9005
Q posts moved from 4chan to its more toxic offshoot 8chan in November after a post claiming the original board had been “infiltrated.”