I think alot of "mainstream" orthodox followers shun "true" orthodox parishes as they are usually small and class them as schismatic and disobedient. In my experience they say they are rogue and against the church and then all the stories of pedophilia come out etc. Sadly this has indeed happened in the mainstream church and the smaller true orthodox parishes but not all people in the ministry fall in this way.
I understand that if a group of bishops deviates from the status quo, then those who are left behind in the mainstream are in schism and those who left are the only ones with grace so its understandable that they cannot endorse any other synod of bishops etc. As all the true orthodox parishes I've been to do not endorse each other completely from what I can tell and it makes sense I guess.
In terms of Florinite or Mathewite tracing synods I know of one church that was Florinite from what I know though the bishop reposed years ago so now I am not sure what they categorize as and in terms of the other Mathewite church what does the community here think of this site "https://www.trueorthodoxy.org/" that seems to dismiss many G.O.C as Greek Schismatics which includes the original Mathewite synod?
Essentially what I am asking may be hard to answer as all the people here are "true" and loyal to their parish and their hierarchs.
All the pointers mentioned about warning signs of pressures such as making people afraid and not letting people research etc along with favortism does not seem to occur thankfully.
But it is the bishop that seems to be the mystery so any more knowledge that can be shared via looking at the website previously listed would be appreciated.
Lord have mercy on me a sinner...