Meet the influencers who are fighting the spread of online conspiracy theories A cardboard cutout of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, dressed up as the QAnon Shaman, along with other cutouts of people involved in the Capitol insurrection. Image: CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag 2021-04-28 17:24:43 UTC Abbie Richards didn't set out to become an influencer. She "fell into it" after she posted a chart of conspiracy theories on Instagram. "I had been talking to some guy on Tinder about conspiracy theories," she told Mashable. "We both hate conspiracy theories, and we were having a conversation of, like, if you had to believe in one, which would it be?... I said, I don't like that all conspiracy theories are just bundled as the same thing. Like, I really feel like there are layers to this. I have to draw this."