[eihli]

"Identical shares (3%) of conservative Republicans and moderate and liberal Republicans have heard or read a lot about the conspiracy theories."

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/03/30/qanons-cons...

How many of those 3% who have heard or read a lot about it actually believe it is hard to estimate.

I have family that are fervent believers so this hits close to home.

If you've heard or read a lot about it, it's either because you believe it or are personally invested in it (I presume most likely due to having relationships with people who believe it).

Take a rough slice and say 10% of those people who have heard or read a lot about it are believers and the other 90% are their friends and family.

Sooo... 55 million registered republicans; Guesstimate 50% of those are considered "conservative" republicans by the terminology of the Pew poll; 3% of those have heard a lot about Q; 10% of those are believers. 55 * 0.5 * 0.03 * 0.1 and that's ~800,000 Q followers.

Is 800,000 mainstream for a conspiracy theory? I wonder how many people believe the earth is flat.

[jakeogh]

The last thing you mentioned, if you made a list of it's uses, here for example... what would you find?

Consider the possibility that it's not designed to convince you earth is flat.