NEWFAGS - ATTENTION. You'll see people saying things like "Lurk and don't post for 3 months." Don't let this discourage you from posting if you are ready. You don't need to lurk any longer than necessary to figure out how things work here and develop a little etiquette and understanding of the board humor and culture. As soon as you're ready to make USEFUL posts, we could use your help. Find your niche and dig in!

For starters, please study the following glossary terms to help you understand what's going on around here. This will protect you from most embarassing Newfag mistakes, help you get up to speed without asking a ton of questions, and prevent you from helping our enemies accomplish their goals. No one can tell you what to do on QResearch, and you won't get banned for anything other than posting illegal content–but if you're on the side of QAnon and the Patriots here who are working to save the world, then I recommend you read and heed the advice contained in this glossary. The veteran users of this board will thank you, Newfag.

Attention Whoring: Using ALL CAPS, Red Text, and disruptive or infuriating images including gay porn, gore, disgusting fat women, venereal diseases, and other shit that no one wants to see. This is designed to make people angry and bait them into replying. The ONLY correct way to combat Attention Whoring is to Filter the posts of the Attention Whore. Do not reply to them–that's what they want, and when you give it to them, you validate their behavior and ensure they will keep doing it.

Anon: Short for Anonymous. This is the name that most users will use when talking to each other. Since we can't identify each other, we are all known as Anon. Users who violate this principle by adding a Name or a Signature to their posts are known as Namefags and are almost universally despised on the chans. One of the main principles of QResearch and other -chan boards is that we are all anonymous, and that our posts must stand on their own merits every single time we post. Using a Name or a Signature is an attempt to build a recognizable label and stand out from the crowd. Don't do this, or you are faggot.

Autist: A combination of "Autism" and "Artist." This term refers to the anons that participate in QResearch Breads and perform the majority of the Digging, research, meme crafting, compilation, and dissemination of information related to our research goals. Anyone can become an Autist by using their individual skills to contribute worthwhile posts to the board.

BO\Board Owner: The administrator of this board. He can see everyone's IP Address and helps to vet new Bakers before they are given permission to start new Breads. BO's policy at this time is that he almost NEVER bans anyone, unless they post illegal content like Child Pornography. BO's name is shown in glowing rainbow text whenever he posts.

BV\Board Volunteer: A sub-administrator of this board who helps remove illegal content like Child Pornography, as well as protecting us against super-extreme abuse of the board when Board Owner is not available. BV can see everyone's IP Addresses. A BV's name is shown in glowing rainbow text whenever he posts.

Bakers: The Anons that create new QResearch General Breads, adding the Notables and other crucial details to the first few posts in the Bread. Before becoming a Baker, you must be vetted by the Board Owner and then the current Baker will hand off the Dough to you. Bakers are Anons and should not have a special name shown in their posts. Board Owner is able to identify them based on their IP Address.

Bread: This is our word for a "thread." Breads can have a maximum of 750 posts–after that, they are locked and a baker must create a new Bread. Breads can fill up very quickly during prime time, which is why veteran Autists request that you not use QResearch General as a chat room or make too many off-topic posts. This requirement is relaxed during late hours, known as Night Shift, when the board moves more slowly. This generally begins after 10PM Pacific Standard Time when many Autists have gone to sleep.

Bots: Automated posters who spam a large number of irrelevant, distracting posts. You can usually recognize them by their inability to respond to text in images and their tendency to make awkward replies that do not match the text they're replying to very well. Their purpose is usually to Slide the Bread, wasting space and making it harder for Autists to notice worthwhile posts. You should avoid validating their behavior by NEVER REPLYING TO THEIR POSTS. NEVER EVER. Board Owner does not ban most Bots, so it's important that you help combat them by ignoring their posts.

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Boobs: Understand that there will be boobs posted on QResearch. This is not ever going to change. You may not like it, and you're free to filter other users that post boobs if you can't stand seeing them. But before you bitch about users that post boobs or other porn, remember two things: QResearch began as a clubhouse for men and has its roots in masculine culture. While all people are welcome to participate, don't come into our house and try to tell us what we can and can't post. Remember that no one cares about your Feelings. Boobs are often posted as a reward or pick-me-up for the Bakers who stay up really late doing repetitive work to keep the Breads baking. If you don't like boobs, or anything else that you see on QResearch or 8Chan, the correct course of action is to ignore it, or if you feel the need, to filter the posts of the user that posted them. If you complain about it we will filter you or make fun of you or both.

CAPS: Posting in ALL CAPS should be used sparingly. Excessive use of CAPS will cause many veteran users to instantly filter you and therefore not read any of your posts. Attention Whoring is strongly frowned upon.

Cabal: The global organization of international criminals, cannibals, occultists, pedophiles, journalists, actors, politicians, and other individuals comprising The Dark Powers That Be. The Cabal's tentacles reach into every country on Earth, where they are responsible for subversion, political manipulation, human trafficking, and much, much worse.

Concern Trolls: Users who constantly post things that create doubt about Q or spend all their energy attacking Q, Bakers, Board Owner, Board Volunteer, President Trump, and anyone else that's on our side. Their reasoning for doing what they do varies, but they are ultimately an unwelcome distraction and you should avoid validating their behavior by NEVER REPLYING TO THEIR POSTS. NEVER EVER. Board Owner does not ban Concern Trolls, so it's important that you help combat them by ignoring their posts.

Clowns: Shills working for intelligence agencies such as the American CIA, British MI-6, and Israeli Mossad. These kind of shills are often said to "glow in the dark" because their posting objectives and styles make them extremely recognizable even from a large distance. It's better that you don't reply to their posts for any reason, or your name might end up on a list somewhere. (I'm kidding. Maybe. Probably not, though.)

CP: Child pornography. If you see posts containing CP, do not respond to them. Click the small grey arrow in the upper-left corner of the post and choose "Global Report." This will notify 8chan administrators who will remove the CP and notify federal authorities of the poster's IP address and other information so they can attempt to prosecute. I also strongly recommend against clicking on the thumbnails, because once you do, the full image is downloaded into your temporary internet files cache. Nobody needs to see naked children or teenagers.

Dark Powers That Be: Also called DPTB. Also called The Powers That Be or TPTB. This refers to the evil secret masters that pull the strings behind the scenes and are responsible for some or all of the evil, corruption, chaos, violence, death, and sorrow in the world. Notable figures under this umbrella include the Rothschilds, Koch Brothers, Clintons, George Soros and his minions, and pretty much all globalist elitist subversives that are working to destroy the middle class and western society in general. Sometimes simply called (((Them))). See (((Triple Parentheses))).

Digging: Research. Sometimes Autists will find something interesting and post it to QResearch General, asking other users to "Dig." How you go about digging is up to you. Honestly, I'm not very good at it. But we all contribute how we can! If you're good at digging, congratulations–you are the stuff Legendary Autists are made of. Do your part and we'll all thank you–you are Q!

Division: Trying to drive wedges between people based on racial ancestry, religion, color, gender, sex, sexual preference, national origin, or other aspects of identity. Countered by unifying forces such as Pepe and the fact that Where We Go One, We Go All. Shills love trying to divide us, especially by conflating regular Jews with Zionists in order to make it look like this is an anti-Semitic board.

Doxxing: Revealing an anonymous user's identity by posting their name, address, phone number, email address, or anything else that could allow unfriendly people to identify them. Doxxing is extremely dangerous for the victim, so don't do it unless you really, really know what you're doing and are prepared for the consequences it may cause you or the victim.

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EBot: An extremely prolific bot which makes upwards of 50 posts per bread, wasting about 7% of the total bread, not counting the idiots who reply to it. Why its presence is tolerated by Board Owner, I can't be sure, but it's usually pretty harmless as it mostly just posts stupid videos and images of fake Trump Tweets. You can identify Ebot by its username, which contains some variant of the text "MaxResDefault" with numbers replacing some of the letters. There is also a normal user who imitates Ebot but who is not a bot. I recommend you filter them both because they are a waste of Bread and never make worthwhile posts.

Feelings: Nobody cares about your feelings. Responding to other users to tell them they have offended you, you don't like what they posted, or that they should change their behavior is a complete waste of your time and will get you made fun of relentlessly and probably filtered by a lot of users. This is one of the most important lessons for newfags to learn about 8chan and similar-style message boards. The phrase "None of us is as cruel as all of us" is a popular reference to the fact that no one cares about your feelings. You are not special. You are nothing more than another Anon–act accordingly.

Filter: Since there is no persistent way for users to identify each other on 8chan, the only way to "block" someone is to Filter their posts. This will hide all posts from the same user ID for the remainder of the current Bread. To filter a user, click the grey arrow in the upper-left corner of their post, then click on "Filter", and then click on either "ID" or "ID+." Choosing "ID" will only filter that user's posts, while choosing "ID+" will also filter any replies to that user's posts. Using ID+ is very heavy-handed, as you'll miss some good posts from normal users who can't resist replying to Bots, Concern Trolls, and Shills. But maybe that's better–you decide.

Flat Earth Anon or FEAnon: A special member of our community who spends most of his time posting images full of spelling and grammar mistakes intended to convince you that the Earth is flat. He is mostly harmless and probably not a shill, so I usually don't filter him, but you should make that choice for yourself. If you are interested in researching Flat Earth theories you are probably better off going to Youtube. This is QResearch, not FEResearch. Is the Earth really flat? Having read the available information, I don't know. Probably not.

Linking: To link to another post, place two right-facing angle brackets followed by the post ID. The post ID can be found at the end of the first line of the post which includes the date and time, after the text "No." If you are linking to a post in an older Bread, it's customary to place the text (pb) after the post link, denoting that it's from a Previous Bread.

Lurking: Reading the board without ever posting. This is a good idea for Newfags or for users who are concerned about being identified ("doxxed") as a result of posting here. Make no mistake–the mainstream media, intelligence agencies, governments, and other scary people are reading QResearch General. If you are scared of these people, it's a good idea to lurk.

Name Field: The topmost field on the new post dialog. Leave this (and the Email Field) blank for your protection, unless you're purposely trying to be a Namefag, in which case, neck yourself and go back to reddit. Namefagging should be reserved for Q, Board Owner, and Board Volunteer, who need to be identified by name every time they post.

Namefag: A user who refuses to post Anonymously, instead adding a handle in the name field when posting or adding a signature at the end of their posts. Namefagging is extremely frowned upon and a great way to get filtered by veteran users, because it is an attempt to stand out from the sea of Anons and build name recognition, rather than letting the merit of your individual posts determine your worth or notability.

Newfag: New users who are not yet familiar with the etiquette and culture of the board. Newfags are well-known for stomping into the board and telling other people what they can and cannot post, arguing with information they don't even understand, misuing memes, misunderstanding common board tropes, and generally shitting things up. Many veteran Autists request that Newfags "lurk" for a period of time before they begin posting, to give themselves time to understand how things work before they shit everything up.

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Night Shift: After 10PM Pacific Standard Time, most U.S. posters are asleep and the board tends to move more slowly. During this time, it's generally more acceptable to engage in "social" posting–but be reasonable, and remember that even during Night Shift it's a very, very bad idea to reply to Bots, Shills, or Concern Trolls. Do not debate these people–you cannot win, and your replies only fuel and encourage their bullshit.

NO OUTSIDE COMMS: A frequent reminder posted by QAnon that anyone outside of the 8Chan boards /PatriotsFight/ and /QResearch/ claiming to be Q is a fucking liar that should be shunned with all possible force. The Q posters will NEVER allow outsiders to speak for or represent them, and anyone claiming to do so is trying to damage our movement or make money off of us.

Notables: At the end of each Bread, the Baker will collate posts that are of interest to QResearch, and will add them to the Notables section of the next Bread. If you see a post that you feel is super valuable and important, you can call attention to it for the Baker' to consider by replying and saying "BAKER: NOTABLE". These are sometimes jokingly called "No tables."

Pedophile: A broad term we apply to people who are sexually attracted to babies, children, or young teenagers, who molest babies, children, or young teengers, who engage in statutory rape of minors, who create, collect, or distribute pictures and videos depicting babies, children, or young teenagers in a sexual manner, or who advocate for any of the above behaviors or defend those who engage in them. Pedophiles are even more reviled than the Dark Powers That Be around here, and could be called our #1 enemy. Pedophiles are NOT WELCOME on QResearch, or anywhere else, for that matter. If you are a Pedophile–regardless of whether or not you've ever actually molested a child–I strongly recommend you keep it to yourself, get psychological and\or medical help, and stay the fuck away from children. It doesn't matter how you became a Pedophile or what sob story you tell. You will find no welcome and no quarter here. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Pee: Pee is stored in the balls. Now you know.

Pepe: Our favorite smug frog buddy. You might have heard that Pepe is a White Supremacist or Nazi. That's bullshit. Pepe wears a billion different costumes and represents a billion different emotions and ideas. His green skin unifies Autists of many different colors, races, and nationalities. Rather than a divisive symbol, he is a symbol of our unity in the battle against the Dark Powers that Be. Pepe is kryptonite to the forces of evil, who have tried their best to have him outlawed as a hate symbol across the world. Creating new Pepes is a favored passtime of many Autists. If you see a rare Pepe, make sure to steal it as fast as you can! In the glorious world to come, individual worth will be determined by the size of one's Pepe collection.

Planefagging: Using online radar tracking sites to observe global air traffic in real time, looking for anomalies that might indicate something strange is going on. It takes time to get good at Planefagging, but it's very fun and can be a good activity for newer users who don't know how to help. Every Bread contains a link to a thread teaching new users how to Planefag. Planefags have a chance of spotting unusual military air traffic which may indicate that shit's happening or that Cabal members are trying to escape to refuges.

Porn: See Boobs. Don't waste your time complaining about Porn on QResearch. If you don't like it, ignore it, or if you feel the need, Filter the posts of the user that posted it. If you complain about it we will Filter you or make fun of you or both.

Post ID: The 7-digit numerical ID of each individual post. It's found after the text "No." near the end of the first line of the post, which includes the date and time. Replies to the post will be shown after the Post ID. You can click on the Post ID to add a reply link to your new post dialog, or you can create one by typing two right angle brackets followed by the Post ID number.

QAnon \ Q Clearance Patriot: One or more anonymous individuals who appear to have high-ranking security clearance in the U.S. Government. This board was created to aggregate, study, research, and collate information based on clues provided by QAnon posts. The identity of Q is not known, though there are many popular theories which I'll leave you to discover and evaluate on your own.

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Race Realism: Discussing empirical evidence or anecdotes about the differences between racial groups of humans. It is often conflated with Racism or bigotry, but they are not the same thing. Discussion–including discussion that hurts people's Feelings and including discussions of Race Realism–are among the many forms of free speech exercised by 8chan and QResearch users. Like everything else you see here, if you don't like it, ignore it or Filter the user that posted it. Do not bitch or complain or try to make other people stop being themselves. You will only make a fool of yourself and waste space in the Bread. This will cause us to Filter you, make fun of you, or both.

Racism: Racial discrimination, bigotry, prejudice, whatever you want to call it. You're going to encounter it here, and I recommend that if you don't like it, you ignore it or Filter the user that's posting it. Please don't attempt to change people's minds or get them to stop doing what you don't like. Nobody cares about your Feelings and there are ultimately no rules on this board. You will only make a fool of yourself and waste space in the Bread. This will cause us to Filter you, make fun of you, or both.

Red Text: Posting in Red Text should be used sparingly. Excessive use of red text will cause many veteran users to instantly Filter you and therefore not read any of your posts. Attention Whoring is strongly frowned upon. I'm not going to teach you how to make Red Text because I fucking hate it.

Replies: The Replies to a given post are shown as Links at the end of the first line of a post, starting with two right angle brackets. You can click on these Links to jump to the Reply. You can also click on post Links in the body of a post to jump to the Linked post.

Shills: Users who work for governments, social media workshops like ShareBlue and CorrectTheRecord, intelligence agencies, or Cabalist political parties. They try to disrupt the board in a variety of ways, including by posting extremely bigoted materials, false and misleading information, and theories friendly to The Swamp which usually aren't reinforced with facts or good reasoning. They are ultimately an unwelcome distraction and you should avoid validating their behavior by NEVER REPLYING TO THEIR POSTS. NEVER EVER. Board Owner does not ban Shills, so it's important that you help combat them by ignoring their posts. It's also worth mentioning that some Shills are being paid a commission for each post they make, AND FOR EACH REPLY TO THOSE POSTS, no matter what the reply says. Ignore shills!

Slide: Making useless posts to cause the good posts to "Slide" away. Since each Bread can only have 750 posts before it's locked, Sliding is one of the main ways that anti-Q posters try to hurt QResearch. It's important that you use discipline when you post–do not reply to bots, shills, or concern trolls, as this will help them Slide the thread. This is what they WANT you to do. Ignore and\or Filter those who are trying to slide. There's no need to call them out or point out that they're sliding–this only helps them. All veteran users know a slide when they see one and are smart enough not to reply to it. It's also wise to use discretion and avoid making useless posts yourself. This is less important during Night Shift, when the board moves slower, but be reasonable in either case.

Single Parentheses (You): Whenever you make a post, your own posts as well as any links to your posts in other people's replies will have the text (You) next to them. When someone replies to you, you can find the reply by searching the Bread for "(You)". Some users also like to put the text (You) in their posts to cause other people to notice those posts when searching for their replies. This is obnoxious–don't do this unless you have a good reason or you may end up Filtered. Older Autists in particular hate when people spam (you)s. It's an attention-whoring tactic most commonly used by shills.

Shitposting: The best kind of posting. Shitposting is difficult to explain in words–it's flippant, sarcastic, irreverent, irresponsible, ironic, and many other things. Shitposting is a powerful weapon against those who have no sense of humor, can't understand irony, or are too preoccupied with following rules or being offended all the time. Posting memes that hilariously rip holes in hypocritical or foolish ideas is a prevalent and powerful form of Shitposting. Like all other tools, use it wisely and make sure you aren't shitting up the Bread without anything valuable to say.

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The Powers That Be\TPTB: See Dark Powers That Be, Cabal, The Swamp, etc.

The Swamp: Ultimately, another name for the Cabal or the Dark Powers That Be. Specifically, this tends to refer to the corrupt elements of the U.S. Government that have had a stranglehold on Washington, D.C. for at least 60 years.

Triple Parentheses (((Them))): Text in (((Triple Parentheses))) is typically a pejorative reference to the Dark Powers That Be–evil globalist elitist forces and their minions, such as Rothschilds, Koch Brothers, the Clintons, George Soros, etc. To some users this is specifically a reference to (((Jews))) or more specifically, (((Zionist Jews))) or (((Mossad))), the Israeli intelligence agency that is suspected of Shilling heavily on QResearch. I leave it to you to decide who's really pulling the strings behind global corruption, and caution you that there is a good chance that people constantly posting negative shit about (((Jews))) without differentiating them from (((Zionists))) are very likely Shills trying to make QResearch look anti-semitic as a means of discrediting us. In either case, understand that (((Triple Parentheses))) means whatever is inside them is probably super, super evil and subversive.

User ID: We cannot see one another's IP Addresses or identify one another from one Bread to the next, but within a given Bread, all posts that come from the same IP Address will have the same User ID. The User ID is a 6-digit alphanumeric string shared by all posts from a given IP Address, and followed by a number in parentheses indicating how many posts in the Bread came from that ID. You can click on a User ID to temporarily highlight all posts made by that ID, but it's usually better to search the Bread for the User ID instead, as clicking on anything else will de-highlight all of the posts. User IDs with unnaturally-high post counts are often Shills or Bots trying to Slide the Bread, but not always. You may wish to Filter them if you find that they are making a large number of worthless posts. Be careful not to filter high-quality, high-energy Autists who make a lot of good posts.

WRWY: We Are With You. Something Q says to remind us that we are not alone in our fight.

WWG1WGA: Where We Go One, We Go All. Something Q says to remind us that we're all in this together and that the results affect every last human being on Earth. Reminds us to be unified and collaborate our efforts toward creating a better future for us all. Fight!

Zionist: Ultra-rich globalist elitists that obey the Protocols of Zion and share the goal of protecting and promoting one another at the expense of everyone else. They masquerade as Jews because they know that if anyone accuses them of anything, they can simply scream "Anti-semitism!" to shut down the accusation. Make sure you know the difference between Jews–most of whom are normal people–and Zionists, who probably literally fuck and eat children. Remember that some of us Autists are Jewish and are fighting to destroy the Cabal alongside everyone else.

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Understood. I'll correct that next time I repost these.

And to the rest of you shit-for-brains that I'm not responding to, I AM going to repost these. Get fucking mad!

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I'm still polishing it up using feedback from users that aren't outright attacking me. I will post it again in a cleaner form during a slower bread in an hour or so, and then I'll turn it into screencaps that others can re-post if they so choose. For now, let me know if there are things you think I should change or take out, and if your request is well-reasoned I'll do it.

Insults do not get responses out of me. I have the discipline to ignore a million faggots all day long.

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You are very welcome. I am not so great at digging or planefagging but I do what I can.

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How could I forget Fag? I'll add that.

>>3054058

I like the one guy who called me an FE Boomer fag because apparently he's one of those faggots that are total patsies for shitposting because they don't understand irony, LOL

>>3054083

Me too, anon, me too!

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Okay, okay. I can see that the FEShill shit is divisive so I'll remove that and the Pee part which was just a personal touch of mine, but not important.

Will update the Red Text section. To be honest, I was told that Red Text is done with double Equals Signs but that doesn't work. Hook a nigga up with the proper method.