Samples of one are pretty inconclusive. Myself, I haven’t looked very hard… I just mistrust handing over the keys to the trust kingdom to anyone and am also kind of skeptical of anyone who advocates for doing just that.
(btw - when you use the term ‘crankery’ for people who don’t believe that Snopes is the bee’s knee’s, mutt’s nut’s, etc… do you mean it as Merriam defines it? )