wtf was that finale?

- They're all friends and they like to coordinate when they troll. "we ride at dawn" kind of situation.

- They're all the same person who made it their life's goal to troll on conformitygate.

- They're all the same person and are a plant to observe fandom behaviour.

New conclusion regarding the trolls:

The accounts are run by coworkers coordinating when they troll in order to observe fandom behaviour.

They are possibly working for Netflix directly or for a company that measures, analyses and insights media that then sells it to netflix. Their job would be measuring fandom behaviour, engagement, reactions, emotional investment, etc.

Observations that led me to this new conclusion.

Princessparadoxical is Austrailian, whereas Emoticon-Indy is British. Allmyrandomfic and Holisticdorktective sometimes use american spellings possibly to throw us off or an actual American is using the account at times. This leads me to believe multiple people are sharing accounts and are given a persona/script. Hence, the same tone and lexicon between accounts.

Furthermore, any consistent arguments you see in comment sections, for example anotherjlynn's mathematical posts vs trolls is planted, I believe. They're having a bit of fun as coworkers. The plants are running many accounts (pre-existing and new), such as theory accounts, shitpost accounts and troll/anti-CG accounts.

Objective of the plants:

I still think it's to observe fandom behaviour because Netflix is DESPERATE to understand what made ST so massive with such a loyal fanbase in the first place.

They want to know when people started watching ST. Why they started watching it. Whether they watched Tales from 85. What made people watch Tales from 85. And ofcourse, how much proof/evidence do people need to take something as a fact. These are only a few, there's so much more ofcourse (I'm yet to figure out).

Remember the surveys people got at tf85 screenings?

Netflix wants to replicate the success of ST and is realising that a huge part of the success is the superfans/fandom. That's why the plants are getting into pure fandom spaces such as tumblr and discord to obtain authentic, qualitative data in realtime.

Woop woop! The rules of the internet 😂

Anyways. Indy, why did you block all the new trolls when you could have just blocked your doppelganger? Unless ofcourse, all the OG troll accounts are run by you and you hate that you're being ridiculed.

I love how you're just giving us more evidence rather than changing your sentence structure or even times you're online.

I do like how you're alternating accounts everyday like shifts but you're not fooling anyone. B minus for effort.

When's princessparadoxical coming back from sabbatical?

A few people have told me that the original troll (I still believe it's one person) is making more alts and spreading positivity towards Conformitygate. @trizoni-rambles @mike-weezer-apologist I'm also going to tag @themonsoonmaiden as they made a post about the trolls recently

I'll be honest, my hyperfixation on the trolls and CG has died down and I'm just patiently waiting for the spinoff for more clues.

I don't have the willpower to screenshot the comments and analyze them at the moment but I have some thoughts.

1. The vocabulary that the old accounts use and the new 'positive' accounts use are VERY different.

2. The reply times are weird.

The original trolls have a specific way of writing (they want to come across as smart/holier-than-thou) and are probably over 30 (guessing from my venn diagram).

The new trolls however, have a very different vocabulary (less thought out sentences, more abbreviations). In one of their comments they mention wanting to give the old trolls a "taste of their own medicine" (I can't find the post, if anyone knows, I can tag it). In other posts, they're outing themselves of being plants and calling their counterparts "evil".

To me, this sounds like the new trolls are actually positive and want to mess with the old trolls. My gut says that the new troll accounts are run by the same person but NOT the same person as the old troll accounts. But, I am also aware that one person can change their sentence structure and vocabulary to come across as different people.

I also noticed that the old trolls usually comment first and the new trolls (from the comments I've seen so far) reply 4 to 5 hours later. I feel like that's an odd choice if it's all one person. Plus, the old trolls don't respond to the new trolls. So, like, what are they playing at if all the accounts are the same person?

I really don't see any other reason except, the new trolls trying to "uno reverse" the old trolls. I also don't think the new trolls are plants because they claimed to be plants in one of their comments. They're probably one of us.

In my last post, I concluded that the goal of the trolls/plants is to get you to block them/"rules of the internet" etc.

My new conclusion is that the old trolls are trying to plant doubt but also gather data on "How much evidence or proof do people need to take something as a fact" for Netflix. If you take a closer look, they're all SO obsessed with 'proof' since January. I linked the post below that opened my eyes.

I am so certain that the trolls are all the same person that I have done a deepdive of their comments in this tag and their blogs. I know how this sounds, and I am uncomfortable as well, but I'm truly intrigued by their motive as they're still here 3 months after the finale. I finally figured it out.

But first, I made a venn diagram 😭

Once again, I know this is super weird, and honestly, I would understand if I get blocked.

Okay, so, during my deepdive I found that each of the troll accounts have their own personality (with little overlap, as you can see above).

Allmyrandomfic is an account to store fics and fanart.

Holisticdorktective is a burner account made specifically for CG.

PrincessParadoxical is a cat-lover and a swiftie.

And the most interesting blog of them all is Emoticon-Indy. Now, Indy presents as anti-scam, anti-misinformation and anti-gaylor. But what took me by surprise is that they're anti-troll...

Emoticon-Indy? The original troll before all the alter-egos showed up... is anti-troll? Surely, no-one can be that self-unaware/oblivious that they've become the thing that they hate. But why?

I needed answers. So, I did what I do best: Look at the timestamps 😂

After basically being silent for 10 years. They came back, in Oct 2025, talking about how this site can turn into a "personally curated torture hell" of people who hate you. So, I'm wondering, why are they doing the hating?

They posted alot of things that truly go against what they're doing now:

Is all this just for a "dopamine rush"? Or is there an ulterior motive?

Why is it that they started posting about trolls in late 2025, and on Jan 2nd, started trolling conformitygate?

Odd timing for sure.

My first instinct was to call them out for being a hypocrite. But in doing so, I would have been a hypocrite as well. I was seeking out comments from the 4 accounts and was obsessing over their M.O. I ended up giving them exactly what they wanted at times.

They're either getting paid to do so or are conducting a social experiment. I think they're testing the limits of the fandom. They weren't fazed when I told them that they were being blocked by the majority. I think they want to see how many of us are familiar with the "Rules of the Internet" because, like they said, this fandom is young. They want us to block them.

Which many have already done by now but I was not willing to block until I figured out why they're still trolling after 3 months through 4 different accounts. And finally, I have found inner peace. Thank you for the mini conspiracy, Indy.

It's a part of the meta. I refuse to believe someone can be so self-unaware, otherwise.

Goddamit, this looks like something emoticon-indy would do in their free time. I hope you know that this (and the trolling) is a sad use of your time, Indy.

Im guessing they saw my posts about the plants, but i never once mentioned "paying existing blogs".

It could be that it's common knowledge or they finally slipped up🤭

But they did manage to plant a seed of doubt in me (good on them).

So now I'm wondering:

Would the stranger things team/netflix actually pay existing blogs to shutdown conformitygate if, at the end of the day it's just a nothingburger. First of all, why would netflix even care if we kept theorising about secret content?

But if that were the case, surely the plants would make compelling arguments instead of 1 line comments with a holier than thou attitude?

OR the more likely thing is that they're being paid to lower morale and monitor fandom activity/behaviour, so that when conformitygate is eventually confirmed, the surprise hits even harder?

Call me delusional but I'm choosing to believe the second option.

Edit: here's the conversation

More evidence suggesting the trolls are actually one person. The odds of TWO lawyers religiously trolling since january are very low.

Plus, no crossover between the plants still.

But anyway, emoticon, dorktective, randomfic and princessparadoxical: