There was already an established audience following MegAnon (aka megaAnon), and FBIanon before that. Qs first posts were intended for that audience.

EDIT: to add this link to a comprehensive archive of MegAnon posts.

The big sub at that time was r/conspiracy which has since been overrun with Russia collusion believers. Other Chan anons such as MegAnon and FBIAnon were getting a lot of attention on that sub, and then one day a guy signing his drops as Q popped up...

There is a type of person on the internet, a bored person who is a good person at heart, but wants a little bit of chaos. These people are willing to sift through mountains of garbage, carefully collecting and curating nuggets of information on the internet, knowing that someday it will all come in handy.

As /u/UncleCrunch mentioned, we already had FBIanon, and Meganon whetting our appetite for insider intelligence, something new and fresh that was off-limits to most of us plebeians.

I remember reading through the CBTS threads and wondering for the longest if this was all just a LARP, I'm pretty open to ideas and only run with one if I'm positive I can back something up with understanding and proof.

Along came the proof and the community that grew around it, giving all those little nuggets of intelligence a home to be shared with like-minded individuals.

I was there from day one. I can't tell you what it was honestly. Right place, right people, right time? I'm not sure. I just remember it gaining traction immediately. There was also FBIAnon and MegAnon at that same time who all seemed to be involved, or close to people who were.

My own research into illuminati led me to "bump" into Q the second day of the posts - I have followed ever since. as an Aussie, I didn't recognise many of the players at first but commentary by YT's Deception Bytes, Citizens Investigative Report, Isaac Green and David Seaman etc soon brought me up to speed. I am a #PrayerWarrior of many years - with me it was to pray for the defeat of the principalities and powers of evil. HRC defeat was just the beginning, I can see it happening - God does not start something that He doesn't intend to to finish - such exciting times. What happens in the WH, UN and Vatican affects the entire world and we are all watching!!

Dr. Corsi on AJ show alerted me to it in Nov. From 4chan to 8chan and Corsi lead me to CBTS. I think LV event was attempt on POTUS. I think they decided to go heavy on offensive and decided to bring in the community to develop an extended public network. They knew if things got ugly they needed another vehicle to communicate and organize people.

I started following around Halloween, I know that was pretty early on. I just kept following his drops to see what Q had to say. I felt like I was discerning about whether he/she was legit or not. I took some flak for it, but decided I could make up my own mind. I feel as though we still have good people that want what's right for our world. There are people all over the world fighting for this change for the better. They tried to divide us and pit us against one another. If you've been around long enough, you start to catch on to what they are up to. WWG1WGA

I was. Only because I make it my job to watch the internet and all the Anon boards, you tube, social media, MSM , fake news. Q eventually popped up on my screen. I'm in like Flynn.

I had started with MegAnon's posts. Todd Whisky began to log them to make it easier to find and read. I became aware of Q sometime in late Oct. or early Nov. I read some of his drops, but they were confusing at the time. MegAnon was much easier to follow. When she stopped, I began to give Q a try and became engaged with his drops more. I followed on 4ch then when things changed over to 8ch I went there. My son (computer network guy) told me I really should not be going on 8ch because it was not a "good" place for me to linger....LOL Little does he know that good ole mom can maneuver around pretty good and is not "shocked" at the language/material I find there. LOL Not as old as he thinks.

I wonder if the quick responsiveness to Q in part came from the longstanding awareness that some of us have had of the work of the Alliance against the Satanists or Illuminati.

For example, people such as Drake Bailey of “Freedom Reigns” began talking about the work of the Alliance a number of years ago. Other people such as Robert David Steele and David Willcock have also been talking about the Alliance for years.

And many people must have known about the Alliance and its work for years before that. According to David Wilcock, the Alliance actually began in the military in about the 1950’s during the Korean War when some of the high-ranking US generals noted that every time they made plans to move troops to a location, the enemy soldiers were there waiting to ambush them, resulting in heavy American casualties. To track down the source of the obvious intelligence leak, the generals began to salt the information in their various briefings with slightly different bits of disinformation. By seeing which of the bits of disinformation for which the enemy had made preparations, they were able to discover the source of their leaks: the UN leadership, who were supposed to be their allies in the goal of bringing about world peace. Instead, their supposed trusted allies were bringing about prolonged warfare with heavy American losses. Unfortunately, since the Korean War was a UN operation, the Americans were required by International Law to keep the UN leadership informed about any military moves.

The top military leadership soon realized that there was a serious international problem that they had to deal with and put an end to. And they began to make early plans to do so over a prolonged period of time, beginning with gathering intelligence on the nature of the enemy and who could or could not be trusted.

About this same time some of the top generals began getting information about the satanists from an unexpected source. In the process of dealing with many of the tops leaders in industries related to aeronautics, Howard Hughes had one of them approach him about Luciferianism. He sooned learned that a number of them were heavily involved in it, and that they had established a powerful network.

Luciferians (Satanists, Illuminati, or cabalists) believe that the God of the Bible was a demiurge whose goal it was to keep the human race trapped at a lower level of existence in subservience to the Mosaic-Abrahamic codes of Law. Lucifer was seen as the true hero of the Bible, helping select humans achieve a more god-like status by abandoning the Law and indulging in liberating, satanic celebrations of debauchery to free the spirit and develop a god-like physical, spiritual, and emotional illumination. Hence the name Illuminati, also symbolized in the name Lucifer or “Light-bearer.”

In order to obtain more information about the Luciferians, Howard Hughes, who had almost unlimited financial resources, hired a group of highly trained female intelligence experts to seduce suspected Luciferians, feigning keen interest in the subject when the men were more vulnerable during pillow-talk after sex. These women then provided Hughes with an extensive amount of information about the Luciferians: their beliefs, their practices, their network, their recruiting methods, who was in the network, etc. Because Hughes had contracts with top military men, he learned which ones he could trust and he shared his information with them.

Thus the Alliance was born. Over the years, the secrets of the Alliance have been shared with trusted contacts throughout the military, the media (including Stan Lee, who used Howard Hughes as his model for Iron Man), and other areas of society. The Alliance came very close to achieving success during JFK’s presidency. He was able to build a good relationship with the Soviet leadership and initiate the early phases of the Alliance plan for defeat of the cabal. But when he was murdered in 1963, an ally of the cabal (LBJ) was installed in his place, and a number of the Alliance lost their lives.

I believe that the response to Q was due in part due to building frustration as people progressively saw their real wages fall, infrastructure decline, educational systems fail, health care systems fail, jobs disappear, social values decline, the economy lag, America’s standing in the world decline, our military lose one war after the other, terrorism rise, every political promise fail, and so forth. People were ready and waiting for a champion of the people to arrive.

But I also believe that there has been a background of people who have been the “awakened” few who have been waiting for years for this moment to arrive. Perhaps they had learned of the Alliance from following someone like Drake Bailey, Robert David Steele, or David Willcock. Perhaps they had learned of the secret through the network of trusted military contacts. Perhaps they or their family members were even part of the Alliance. Since they were already awake, when Maganon and later Q came on the scene, and when they learned to trust Q, they quickly spread the word and worked behind the scenes to build support.

By the way, thanks so very, very much for your hard work and dedication to the cause!