To the anon who requested I not post your ask, I just want to say thank you for your submission. I wish I was able to post it because there were some things you said that I believe are worth talking about. Please don't worry about what you told me in confidence (and you're always welcome into my space). I won't identify names or the main point of your ask, but I will say this:
I am very open to the idea that K-armys are more privy to information than I-armys. That's very logical. But the thought that K-armys talk to I-armys about Jikook and trusting them with information that they can slowly roll out to their followers doesn't really make sense to me.
If they had real information on Jikook to prove they're real and they were honest supporters of Jikook, they would keep that information to themselves. And even if there were rogue K-armys who love Jikook but didn't care a wit about their privacy, that's not information I'd even want to possess.
I, myself, have heard that K-armys don't actually like talking to I-armys about things because of the potential for unwanted information to spread, so that's something that's at odds with what you've told me. I've heard K-armys are a lot more sensitive to the privacy of BTS than I-armys (ironically enough because of saesangs and the like) and that there's a little bit of friction between K-armys and I-armys about that very subject. But obviously, even what I know is hearsay, and I acknowledge that.
I think it's really unsteady territory to rope K-armys into this, mainly because I don't have much interaction with them. Do I like the idea that Jikook are Korea's best kept secret? Yes. Do I believe it? There’s not really much anyone can do to convince me, short of photographic proof or coming straight out of the horse’s mouth.