He showed videos of chat logs from Discord, running on the Discord App. Q supporters said the logs were fake, but in fact it's extremely hard to fake things like that. He challenged someone else to create a fake log video, and no one did.
A few months later Dreamcatcher also substantiated the claims Microchip made.
He also said that he stopped participating in Q very early on, after a mere few weeks. So, he was done by Dec 2017. He's not claiming he's been Q for the last 2.5 years, so far no one has said they are Q now.
Q believers went into massive "echo chamber mode" and said: "it's debunked! it's debunked. Microchip is scum". It was funny and a little sad.
It's not really that surprising. A lot of people get very attached to beliefs, and even when they prove wrong, continue to hold onto them.
There is a long history of cults forming around the idea of a wold changing event coming soon. "The Great Awakening" "The Storm is Coming" "Nothing can stop it, Nothing". Here's a good article about the many cults throughout history that have predicted (incorrectly) major reordering.
Wikipedia: Millenarianism
And, even better here's a book that explains what happens when prophecy fails.
It's not what you think most often, people just don't walk away. Often they double down.
The most famous American case is the Millerites, a movement begun by New England preacher William Miller who predicted the Second Coming in the 1840s.
The Seventh Day Adventists and other Adventist groups trace their origins to a group that were active Millerites,
I believe that nothing can stop Q. People will always believe in Q. One strain of Millerites declare that "Jesus had come back". People find a way to hold onto what is important to them.
OMG, I can’t believe you are still pushing that Microchip/Discord garbage. It was definitely easily debunked and fake.
Typical Jackie Soi, spreading disinformation. How about that Mueller Report you were so wrong on and those stupid charts you were keeping. I’ve got one for you.
President Trump: 1 Bigly Fat One
Fake Mueller Report: Big Fat Zero
Jackie Soi: Clueless
WWG1WGA!
CGato: Enjoying His Covfefe
Actually Jack Posobiec at OAN pulled that story about microchip quietly from OAN’s website a month or two ago. If you go to the old address, you get a file not found, as if ti was never written.
Microchip actually admitted he faked the whole thing:
https://twitter.com/BouchardButch/status/1037459952997150720