I think I finally understood it. Maybe this will help someone understand.

Trump's first four years as president is one long sting operation to catch all the pardoned deep state operatives. The first four years will not bring any solid proof for the normie conservatives that things were going in the right direction. So another operation was needed to help conservatives keep the faith through four years of (at least some) disappointment.

In my opinion, Q is designed to keep the spirits up, keep people from taking uninformed action themselves, give some clues as to what the plan is, give some false information so that the enemy expels ammunition, and also giving commentary to the show we are all watching.