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The Gospel According to Q: Understanding the QAnon Conspiracy from the Perspective of Canonical Information
Antonis Papasavva, Max Aliapoulios, Cameron Ballard +4
The QAnon conspiracy theory claims that a cabal of (literally) blood-thirsty politicians and media personalities are engaged in a war to destroy society. By interpreting cryptic "d…
"Is it a Qoincidence?": An Exploratory Study of QAnon on Voat
Antonis Papasavva, Jeremy Blackburn, Gianluca Stringhini +2
Online fringe communities offer fertile grounds for users seeking and sharing ideas fueling suspicion of mainstream news and conspiracy theories. Among these, the QAnon conspiracy…
Raiders of the Lost Kek: 3.5 Years of Augmented 4chan Posts from the Politically Incorrect Board
Antonis Papasavva, Savvas Zannettou, Emiliano De Cristofaro +2
This paper presents a dataset with over 3.3M threads and 134.5M posts from the Politically Incorrect board (/pol/) of the imageboard forum 4chan, posted over a period of almost 3.5…