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Netflix’s Terrifying Doc ‘The Antisocial Network’ Traces the Origins of QAnon to 4Chan | Decider (decider.com)

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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The title almost makes it sound like some secret or hidden fact. I thought most people were aware of it's origins.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

It's actually about the details of how it got started and there were people being interviewed who originated it. I wasn't going to watch it, but we finally did, and it was way better than I thought it was going to be. They don't go into the russian manipulation at all, it's all about the og anonymous, etc.

[–] Qkall@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I happened to be lurking on 4chan when I first started seeing q shit. I don't frequent there but occasionally pop in to see their reactions to some event. Anyway, I remember thinking "lol, this is stupider than jenkem... No way this will take off"

FML

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

"But the teenagers couldn't control the beast they accidentally created"

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

They go over this a little bit in the doc, that's why I was prompted to post the doc. It was really well made and had a lot of original 4 chan, anonymous people in it. I know a lot of this spilled over into Reddit, which they don't go over, but I thought I'd mention it for anyone that saw it happening there too.

The man who set himself on fire outside the courthouse where Trump is on trial dies of his injuries

[–] Doesntpostmuch@possumpat.io 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

HBO had a really good doc a couple of years ago