Thread by @conspirator0

With a glowing recommendation like this from a #QAnon account, how can we possibly go wrong with whatdoesitmean(dot)com? #FollowTheWhiteRabbit

cc: @ZellaQuixote

We downloaded tweets linking to whatdoesitmean(dot)com. Low-volume traffic stretches back roughly a decade, but doesn't really take off until 2016. 12.6% of tweets are posted via automation tools (3% is roughly average for datasets we look at.)

What topics turn up in tweets linking to whatdoesitmean(dot)com? #SethRich conspiracies, for one - the recent Yahoo news story about Russian intelligence involvement in the early spread of the Seth Rich murder conspiracies refers to the site often.
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Judging by the hashtags used, #QAnon believers comprise a large share of the site's current audience (note that these totals are aggregated across almost a decade, and #QAnon has only been in circulation since Fall 2017.)

#QAnon ain't the only agitprop-laden topic whatdoesitmean(dot)com will happily provide less-than-reliable reporting on. Obama "rape-murder squads" in Ukraine, #antivax barflegarble, and explanations of why every mass shooting ever is a #FalseFlag are other popular subjects.