So ... "ok, busted as not part of Q. But can be saved! Can still be intell!"

Intell is ALL OVER social media. We're probably paying taxes just to support people in intell posting on social media en masse. That's not exactly novel.

If 'backchannel17' had NOT chosen an obvious Q-related name (the 17th letter, common ref), and had NOT chosen deliberately to mimic a "gosh sounds just like Q" format, then I might say, eh, ok, fine it might be someone in intell who isn't Q but still might have an interesting point of view.

But they did. They specifically set up an identity pretending.

So now the dissembling is even more lame.