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Re:Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account by taylorfinley on Monday October 26, 2020 @07:34PM (#24902794)
There is also this October 2019 thread [0] which mentions a coronavirus-like bioweapon, which, like the "High Incident Project" thread [1] (covered by snopes here [2]) is often pointed to by conspiracy theorists as examples of insiders leaking information on 4chan before events of global significance.

In my analysis I find these are examples of fitting events to predictions after the fact; the huge number of 'larp' threads on conspiracy forums allows for cherry-picking examples where some content later rhymed with reality.

[0] https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/230585890/#q230593401

[1] https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/141096258/#141102703

[2] https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/4chan-user-prediction-las-...

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Re:Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account by srtjstjsj on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @10:26AM (#24907722)
That 4chan thread is talking about the October 2019 report from

https://www.ghsindex.org/

sponsored in part by the Gates Foundation and reported by the Washington Post and others, retweeted by Joe Biden.

This was not secret insider information.

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