[controversy]

I really wanted to like QAnon as a conspiracy watcher. Unfortunately I was never able to wrap my mind around its stream of consciousness writing. It seemed like a bunch of right wing blather that used buzzwords to tantalize pro swamp drainers.

[g8oz]

A possible origin story: QAnon is an autonomous software agent calling GPT-3 with a paranoia + "blood-libel the elites" selector.

[rsynnott]

I’ve always assumed it was a long con, honestly. I expect that when Trump has to persue other opportunities, a bitcoin address will be posted.

[chroem-]

Looking into it, as far as I can tell it's not meant to be taken seriously. Q is an elaborate practical joke created by "The Hacker Known as 4chan" in order to troll the media into losing their minds. So far it seems to be working.