Suddenly 'Q' of the QAnon conspiracy theory has returned after a years-long hiatus

The QAnon conspiracy theory has been out of action for a long time.

It's not quite right.

Conspiracy theorists are overjoyed that a major name in far right-wing communities has come back.

The person who created the QAnon conspiracy theory posted on 8kun again on Friday night, the same day the Supreme Court ruled against abortion. Q had not posted to his followers in over 500 days.

For the first time in over a year and a half, the Q account asked if we could play a game again. The post was written in Latin.

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Two more posts were made by the individual using the Q account.

Q said that it had to be done this way.

Do you want to serve your country again? The third post was written by Q. Don't forget your oath.

There is a far right-wing conspiracy theory that claims that former President Donald Trump is fighting a war against a group of child-trafficking pedophiles made up of Hollywood elites.

After President Trump mentioned the "calm before the storm" in front of the press, Q posts began. Trump's followers think he was referring to an event in which his political enemies would be arrested. Q posted about the arrest of Hillary Clinton in October of last year. The claim has yet to come to fruition.

A number of people in the crowd were believers when a group of pro- Trump supporters tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The most well-known of the rioters was named Qanon Shaman.

QAnon believers have spent the past 18 months denying it is a real thing in order to avoid social media bans and rumors that President Joe Biden is about to be removed from office. Many people were happy to see the return of Q on 8kun.

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Researchers who have been debunking these theories have made an interesting observation.

Something is off with the Q account on 8kun.

8kun, formerly known as 8chan, is an imageboard filled with extremists and far-right rhetoric. The users on the site are anonymous. Signing up for an account is not necessary.

Users can associate themselves with a random string of characters called a tripcode. The same user is behind a lot of posts on the website.

The user behind the new Q posts has the same trip code as the one behind the old Q posts. Q moved to 8chan months later after posting on 4chan. The original 4chan Q and the Q posting on 8kun are separate people.

The new Q posts are from the real thing. The tripcode for Q shouldn't be the same as Frederick Brennan, the former owner of 8chan who sold the site to its current owner.

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Ron Watkins, Jim's son and the former administrator of 8kun, claimed that the site's trip codes are regenerated every few months and become completely different. The Q account should not have the same trip code it had 18 months ago. If an administrator or someone else with access to 8kun's back end altered the tripcode manually, this could happen. Some people are skeptical about the posts.

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The filmmakers of Q: Into the Storm talked to Ron Watkins a number of times. In the last episode of the series, Ron admits to Hoback that he is Q, but later denies being behind the account.

Jim Watkins claimed to have given a speech when the new Q posts were published. Watkins said that the posts looked legit.

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So, why has Q returned?

It's not clear at the moment. The timing is intriguing if you think Ron Watkins is Q. The campaign has been going poorly so far.

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Some researchers have speculated that Q is endorsing Watkins in order to help his campaign. Maybe Q has bigger things in mind. Joe Biden is still the President of the United States even though Hillary Clinton hasn't been arrested.