Social Media and Belief in the Chemtrail Conspiracy

Chemtrails is considered by conspiracy theorists as the visible condensation trails behind airplanes, which is sprayed for nefarious purposes unbeknownst to the public. In order to understand people's beliefs, we interviewed 28 people who discuss about chemtrails from multiple online communities on Facebook, Reddit, Discord, and Chemtrail forums. We believe that an understanding of the roles, mechanisms, and processes that foment conspiratorial ideation can shed light on how adversarial information campaigns are likely to be effective.