Yeah, I feel like days 1 and 2 have been a bit hard to get reads on people, between the game starting earlier than people expected, and then the second game happening. For as big of a game as this is, there have been some surprising quiet periods.
That's good info to have in general. Doesn't sound like a cult, at least, unless people are arguing about who they want to recruit.
Was there something like an inciting incident or a last good bye before they posting? With the second game going on, and now this, they might have just gotten overwhelmed.