You are paranoid...I joined FR in 2006...am I a Democrat plant that was meant to mostly lurk until the pandemic of 2020 struck? Then I work to subvert FR into chaos?
FReeRepublic has had plenty of disruptors. Many famous. They all had years of quiet membership as well, as I recall. If you truly aren’t trying to turn freeper against freeper maybe you should stop doing so.
It is no different than friends of mine on FB who signed up 12 years ago and never posted a thing. Then, when they get grandkids and such, they come out of their shell.