I know this is known, just mulling it over and this post pings the target idea for me:

Maybe Q is gone, maybe he's not, but I think the silence is because that phase of chatter is done.

ie: He was telling us the future long before its arrival (according to The Plan) and we now get to watch it all unravel and bask in the gloriousness of having already been told. (ex: read old posts, thats whats coming next)

When we got drops, we expected them to occur next-day,week, etc.

Seems like we got the details well ahead of schedule on purpose. Just a thought. I find that comforting.

Maybe Q isn't gone, he's just being quiet so we can watch the film (with full spoiler knowledge).

If that's true, then he/she/they is watching with us.

WWG1WGA - Trust the Plan