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Glowie is online slang for stassi types... Jan6 strung together abunch of mouth breezers for the Insurrection. There clowns were organized and support by the federal agents.
Similar thing happened with "BLM" protests although those might have been taken over after they blew up.
Current working theory of these events is that glowies play a key role in such events.
There is also the legend of some military base having too much reddit traffic too.
Either way, got to make your fed work for you, paying him good money anyway.
It was no legend. A (since-deleted) reddit blog post called out Eglin AFB by name.
https://web.archive.org/web/20160410083943/http://www.redditblog.com/2013/05/get-ready-for-global-reddit-meetup-day.html?m=1
The other two cities listed under most "addicted" have large data centers.
The conspiracy theory though... Meh.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AirlinerAbduction2014/comments/188hpud/eglin_air_force_base_shills_do_not_exist_and/