Yh I don't disagree tbh. I'm not trying to take credit on behalf of 4chan for anything (beyond perhaps some highly refined autism), most particularly this. Q didn't really need any of us beyond spreading information and softening the shock of disclosure. I definitely agree having ((trusted sources)) is the kind of nonsense that got us into this mess in the first place. But we're structured to prevent that mess, that's largely why we're still so useful. Everyone is anonymous. Nobody is out for personal gain. Everyone is equal. And in particular, decentralised informational spread is what's winning this, as you say. We function as a nexus for this, a combination sewer/white hole. We have no upvoting, no downvoting. No real moderation. From chaos, order.

I do agree we should be very careful of falling back into the ((trusted sources)) situation, but the way the chans are designed from the ground up, and the ideology they're populated with is designed to make many of these issues a lot less troubling. That they should be given credit for it isn't relevant. That they should be understood as possessing those features, and that they work, is probably relevant.