Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as part of broad crackdown

Re:Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as par... by catalogia on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @08:56PM (#23912767)

Is "QAnon" even a person? I am under the impression that is a moniker that has likely been used by numerous unrelated people.

I know believers of this stuff think "QAnon" is a person, but I've not seen any evidence that leads me to believe this is the case and quite a bit of conjecture / circumstantial evidence that suggests at one point the name was being used by a cabal of imageboard moderators.

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Re:Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as par... by AndrewBissell on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @10:25PM (#23913330)

There was an account on 8chan which would sign posts with "Q" and a unique hash which could be used to prove the identity of a particular person or group posting. Last I looked this account/hash hadn't been heard from in some time though.

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Re:Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as par... by skindoe on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @12:04AM (#23913822)

All the posts are viewable at Qmap.pub he posted less than 2 days ago. Encourage you to check it out.

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Re:Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as par... by catalogia on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @12:59AM (#23914065)

You say "he" but for all you really know any number of people could have knowledge of that tripcode.

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