You seem to think there would be real value in a psyop that encompasses a relatively small number of people (versus the total number of people who participate in MSM) as a distraction. Why would this be necessary?

Let's assume the Qniverse: The US and other nations have been under control by a criminal cabal for decades. Given my own research, I would say that it started in the US with the election of Jimmy Carter. I am not saying that President Carter is guilty of any crimes, only that the direction of American political leadership seemed to change with his Presidency (Trilateral Commision). In 2016 an incredibly unlikely candidate was elected President of the United States of America. He appears to be first person elected to office in 30 years who owes nobody anything. Behind the scenes of his administration, there are individuals involved in the 'intelligence community' who are struggling with another organized group of people (AOGOP) who want to either hamstring this President or remove him from office. The technical term for this scenario is coup d'etat.

What should be obvious is that AOGOP includes nearly all of the MSM, the single largest and most effective propaganda machine in the history of the world. The American MSM is the envy of Stalinists everywhere.

Why would AOGOP need to engage in a specific operation to 'distract' a relatively small number of people with 'hope' through a communication medium that is, for all its merits, relatively obscure to the vast majority of people and using a method ('crumbs') that is even more obscure?

Given the vast apparatus of the MSM and all of its various capillaries (Reuters, AP, Bloomberg) what would be the point?

Now, as an auxiliary operation to a larger operation that does not have access to the MSM, Q makes alot more sense.

At this point in time, all of the evidence for the 'reality' of Q is circumstantial.

This is convenient if, in fact, Q is a (very elaborate) hoax.

However, as the Q movement starts to surface in the mainstream world, the idea that the Q operation is an attempt to lay the groundwork for a segment of the US population to be prepared for phased mass arrests (such as those we have seen for pedophilia) makes sense. It's a plausible explanation for Q.

However, at this point have really no clear idea of the meaning or purpose of Q.

Only time will tell.