QAnon's hallmark catchphrases evaporating from the mainstream internet

[soothsayer]

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Jared Holt
@jaredlholt
NEW from @maxbrizzuto and I:

We analyzed 45+ million appearances of QAnon community catchphrases and related terms to see how the conspiracy has weathered deplatforming, the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, and more. Some of what we found actually surprised us!

QAnon’s hallmark catchphrases evaporating from the mainstream internet
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Jared Holt
@jaredlholt
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May 26, 2021
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Write-up in Axios
Illustration of a bear trap shaped like a "Q" with a glowing red phone in the middle
QAnon is disappearing from online view
axios.com

https://t.co/PqAKXPhi2Q

Jared Holt
@jaredlholt
Forbes cites our study


QAnon Content Is ‘Evaporating’ From The Internet, New Report Finds
forbes.com
https://t.co/ZvMC44PJmk

[TwilightZone]

1. Q support has been grossly exaggerated since day one.

Q support is in the single digits nationally. In some polls, it's 2%.

One would have thought it was 40%, based on media and the obsession with it.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/07/politics/qanon-americans-analysis/index.html

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. WWGOWGA

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3442101/Mesmerising-drone-footage-shows-hundreds-sheep-moving-like-starlings-herded-fields.html

[abqtommy]

3. And good riddance to bad, bad, very bad rubbish!

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. No explicit mentions of bot networks, which seems surprising

They may think banning of the bots is implied by "major tech moderation and policy actions meant to counter the conspiracy theory", but they do mention another aspect, changes to recommendation algorithms, explicitly. I think with any trend on social media that involves divisiveness, or a significant part of 'the establishment' being painted in a bad light, you have to ask if there's someone who'd benefit from it who has been running a bot network.

A decrease in the phrases may indicate the bot networks have moved on; the controllers don't see the benefit of stirring this up right now, and there's no point in risking your bots being analysed and then banned if you don't get any use out of it.