Yahoo News What is Q Anon? Conspiracy theory book enters Amazon’s top sellers
A book by anonymous conspiracy theorists has climbed to the top of Amazon’s bestsellers chart – pushing baseless claims of a global conspiracy of celebrity Satanist paedophiles.
Conspiracy theory experts say the rise of the book, ‘Q Anon: An Invitation to the Great Awakening’ shows how conspiracy theorists are using Amazon’s recommendation algorithms.
The book alleges, among other things, that left-wing politicians and Hollywood stars are part of a global Satanic conspiracy where they harvest the adrenal glands from living children.
The book has risen to the top 100 bestsellers on Amazon.com and is near the top of categories such as Politics – pushing a conspiracy theory popular among a small number of right-wing Trump supporters.
Speaking to NBC, conspiracy theory expert Mike Rothschild told NBC News said that the conspiracy theorists, ‘Absolutely exploited flaws in Amazon’s algorithms.
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‘They also know that Q has a small but devoted fan base that is willing to spend money. So if it gets a huge spike of sales just as it’s released, it’ll shoot up Amazon’s lists and get in front of more people, even if those initial sales make up the bulk of who pays for it.’
The book alleges Donald Trump is about to expose a global conspiracy of paedophiles, the US government invented AIDS and the film Monsters Inc is a how-to guide to how to murder children and harvest their adrenalin glands.
The book, ‘Q Anon: An Invitattion to the Great Awakening’, is allegedly written by 12 people, under the byline, ‘WWG1WGA’, a reference to the Q slogan ‘Where we go one, we go all.’
Popular with far-right activists including James Goddard of the Yellow Vests in the UK (who used a hashtag involving ‘WWG1WGA’, the conspiracy has also been endorsed by celebrities such as Roseanne Barr.
The book’s description says, ‘The war between Good and Evil is no longer merely symbolic. Evil is being, tried and brought to justice in federal courts and military tribunals today.
‘Criminally corrupt government leaders, celebrities, religious leaders, media figures, and corporate heads will be tried and punished for crimes involving treason, human trafficking, ritual sacrifice and unspeakable perversions.’
Commenters have given the book reviews such as, ‘The time is now. We can no longer be lukewarm. We must decide the path of Light and all things good, or the path of Darkness.’
On one page alone, this Qanon book still in the Amazon Top 125 claims the United States government created AIDS, Indiana Jones, polio, Monsters Inc., Lyme Disease, and the weather. pic.twitter.com/ZyD1iHtU4u
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) March 3, 2019
It comes as billionaire Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson publicly endorsed the conspiracy theory to his followers.
Q is legit. Don't trust the media.
— Notch (@notch) March 2, 2019
It’s all (vaguely) based on the wibblings of Q, a supposed intelligence ‘insider’ who posts cryptic stuff on 4Chan.
Q is a prolific poster, allowing followers to select titbits which vaguely resemble the truth.
