Qanon was the perfect psyop to destroy the credibility of legitimate conspiracy researchers

Qanon was the most blatantly banausic 'conspiracy theory' most have ever seen in their lives. Not even 'flat earth' compares.

So, what's the difference between 'Q' and actual conspiracy researchers, you ask? Intelligence, Reading, Verifying, and Confirming.

See, what Qtards failed to understand is, actual researchers simply won't bother with Haiku poems written by an anonymous posters on a troll message board - one for teens and memeporn. Nor would actual researchers attempt to dissect specious blurbs engaged in tautology and ego stroking.

Those that 'believed' in Q, were those looking for meaning in a short series of beclouded messages, that could be chopped into 10,000 different contexts. Which,in their minds, 'proved' 10,000 different meanings in as many contexts.

These messages stroked the ego of the befuddled. They were a comfort pillow for the foolhardy.

Actual research doesn't work this way. Yes, smart people know this.

How did they pull it up? Simple. QAnon used the oldest trope of all, mystery fiction. A mysterious stranger shows up and drops a strange clue leading to long-hidden secrets which his clues, and only your detecting power, can reveal, which leads you to new clues.

This methodology utilizes the ultimate in Dunning Kruger, with a hint of Sherlock Holmes. Since Qanon tells people only the 'smart' (people who are in reality, anything but) would follow him, it gives followers a much needed ego boost, as their sorry lives receive very little by way of accolade.

At the same time, such postering forces unexposed normies to associate actual intelligent researchers, e.g. those who are exposing corruption and peculation, with the stupidity and intellectual vacuity of Qanon.

So, thanks Qtards. We had a chance. We really did. It was so blatant a child would have believed the evidence if properly presented.

But no, you couldn't play smart. You blew it.

So thanks Qtards, you ruined it. For all of us.