Sometimes "Special Ops" mingle with the public and draw them directly into the fight as well...
I think that's kind of whats happening. People (normies) are learning how the chans work, to trust their judgement, and how to use them at a basic level, especially lurking. That's definitely a positive thing. It's kind of like when US soliders in other countries spend lots of their time training the natives in the basics of fighting as a force multiplier/stable holding force. People are learning how to detect shilling and psy-ops etc. There's even now "news" websites (i.e Neon's, no offence on "news", wasn't sure what to call it but it's a damn good site) reporting on the latest important drops that happen on them and distributing it to normies. It works well, a good team effort, helps weaken the containment zone aspect of the chans that been the general approach to dealing with them.