For many QAnon believers, though, Q’s identity doesn’t matter. For years, they had been laying the groundwork to move on without Q. Supporters already had dozens of QAnon influencers to direct the movement, and plenty of forums beyond 8chan to discuss the clues. But most important, they had decided that QAnon was less about Q, and more about the beliefs Q and his followers had created together: their shared understanding of a world controlled by a Satanic pedophile cabal that could only be vanquished violently by Donald Trump.
