Same tactics going back to Gamergate… they couldn't fathom that anyone would be tired of their shit, so they just screamed "sockpuppet!" which then became "Russian bot!"
Q's longest absence was 20 days, which occurred last July, but every time he's gone for more than a week the "Q has abandoned us" shills come out of the woodwork.
Well, that was before we gave up space travel for diversity seminars, because doing better than other societies is wayciss…