>>2874121Just saw this. And I'm keen to help you out.
Some questions: How exact do you want/need your information to be? Asking because I have a strong memory and recollection of a number of events as they transpired, but I did not join some popular Haruhi places (they were a few) The other thing is: I can only provide information/research from the English-speaking side. Haruhi hunting and the like, as I understood it, had a 4chan element to it, but the majority of the hunting, as well as the participants, were done by 2channers, and the Japanese. And product was pachinko.
I'll post more about this in the follow-up post.