Nah, putting effort in these days is a waste of time. You can lurk, barely do anything and have an easier time winning than if you‘re active and spend hours of your life on a game. It‘s just not worth it to be active.
Lurking is a strategy itself - you lurk and lash out on weak posts, cause chaos, dip in deep waters, lurk again
There are ways to beat lurking - lynching, rolecrush,shooting and so on.
It is a high risk high reward style that saddly many dont punish and ends up bitting them in the ass. Perfect example is Worst in weebs game