Your logic seems to be...
1. Some AFF users believe and trust Qantas and its press releases, public pronouncements, and "representation". Therefore...
2. Those same AFF users have been "charged with influencing ... AFF".
Not sure I see the logic there.
Qantas and QFF have many, many millions of users in Australia. Despite the recent (well-deserved) bad publicity, many of those users/customers/members have been genuinely helped -- in some cases, even rescued! -- by Qantas and its staff, many of whom are competent and, yes, caring.
Could it not be that in the best possible way, those people want to support Qantas not because they're being incentivised or paid to, but because of their past positive experiences for which they're grateful?
I'm just suggesting that you be careful before accusing those users of anything deceptive or underhand until you've ruled out the other possibilities.