I remember at the time the general consensus, too, was that she was intimidated suddenly being in a server with people who had much more to say about the books assigned for that week/month/whatever than she did - actual intelligent analyses, too, not just "WOW the VIBES were so IRIDESCENT, the author really captured EVENTS and EMOTIONS, I've never seen this in a book before!!"
She barely gets away with that bull in IG posts/YT videos where she can just ignore the comments, never mind a server where engagement would be much more expected. It wouldn't be long before even the people who kiss her a wouldn't be able to deny that it's all performative, and that she skims at best (or probably just reads summaries/reviews and regurgitates what they say).