No, really!
Conftowns are useful because they are players the Mafia
- to kill townspeople,
- without being identified as the culprits.
BUT BUT BUT if that someone happens to be
Personally I will always play as scum to minimize the information I give to the town. I don't think this is the only viable strategy, but it seems to have worked quite well to date. I won my very first game on the site as scum, and I attribute this mostly to the game being pushed down such a narrow, fixed path that by lylo the town had really learned nothing. (Cop claimed Day 2 with a green, my scumbuddy counterclaimed and was believed, and so the Day 2 and 3 lynches and one nightkill were pretty much set in stone at that point.)
This all seems like straightforward reasoning to me, and yet I don't recall ever seeing this sentiment expressed. Is it obviously wrong for some reason I've missed, or so obviously right that only I would bother to say it out loud?