The author doesn’t fully understand the chans and the differences between them, but he’s right that Qanon is garbage. It’s a shame because there is real research and work to be done regarding conspiracy theories/deep state shenanigans.
Perhaps that may be to some extent true Stravinsky. I doubt that Dr. Gorka would spend much time on an obscure wacky 8Chan board. Even someone familiar with the internet would have trouble navigating that slime.
There’s a new article out today which highlights a lot of the more rational discussion as you did here. The article details some factual references about one especially prolific QAnon grifter and how he was seen in photos with Magacoaltion before they later discovered him later doing the Q “decoding” thing.
The author gets the basics of the story on target accurate:
https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/praying-medic-maga-coalition-qanon/?tw=share