After some of the early IRL Qanon actions in 2018 (guy who occupied the Hoover Dam & the Cemex debacle) I was interested in how “online conspiracy” seemed to be morphing into Cult 2.0, and what might reverse it. So I spoke with a psychologist about the appeal, and interventions.
After some of the early IRL Qanon actions in 2018 (guy who occupied the Hoover Dam & the Cemex debacle) I was interested in how “online conspiracy” seemed to be morphing into Cult 2.0, and what might reverse it. So I spoke with a psychologist about the appeal, and interventions.
After some of the early IRL Qanon actions in 2018 (guy who occupied the Hoover Dam & the Cemex debacle) I was interested in how “online conspiracy” seemed to be morphing into Cult 2.0, and what might reverse it. So I spoke with a psychologist about the appeal, and interventions.
Experts I spoke with (incl @holden) pointed out the parallels to other forms of radicalization. We discussed whether nudges like Redirect might be useful. I don’t think they were ever tried.

https://www.wired.com/story/online-conspiracy-groups-qanon-cults/
Was thinking about this as I read @brianstelter’s article just now with astute commentary from @MollyMcKew https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/media/qanon-news-coverage/index.html
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