QAnon: What Is It About? A Discussion With Conspiracy Theory Researcher Travis View

In today’s online, social media world, information can be spread quickly, in some cases without any critical evaluation or investigation into the credibility of its source. QAnon is an online pro-Trump conspiracy theory group that popped up in 2017 on 4Chan and went on to 8Chan. This supposed U.S. intelligence official, Q, does Q drops, anonymous internet posts, which give clues to supposed real-life events. QAnon believers essentially think Q is a real person who has a very high level of U.S. government security clearance and is working to expose corruption by posting obtuse posts that are designed to make people curious to figure out what it all means. QAnon people believe that Q might possibly a group of people. QAnon followers do believe that there is a “Q team” behind the posts and the imaginary Q operation.