You're not going to have much luck with getting an "insider source" from half-chan regulars. I understand your effort, but like another anon said the best thing you can do is lurk.
Your position as an outsider from the chans gives you a unique ability to see around the autism filter we usually have to deal with, though. So you have a pretty good opportunity to act as go-between/interpretor for the normies as far as what you've seen since coming here.
I will say that the event that convinced me Q was real was the RED_RED stringer that caused the initial exodus to 8ch /pol/. Haven't seen a shoah that hardcore in a long time.