Thor665 wrote:My answer for this question is meaningless unless you can actually connect clear scum energy to the tell. I don't need to attach a town tell to it in order to not accept it as a scum tell. The reasoning doesn't follow.
To answer; to propagate discussion. Other then that, not much. But you 'scum reasons' for it are all based on hearsay so I really feel what we're looking at there is a null tell.
If you can't attach a good town tell to it, shouldn't that tell you something? I've
seen
scum do this before. I even provided an example. By contrast, under normal circumstances, I've never seen a townie withhold their vote on someone they thought was positively scum, with the exception of holding off on a lynch vote to further town discussion (which isn't the case here).
Because I've seen scum do this before, and have never seen a townie do it except for reasons which aren't valid here (holding back on a lynch vote to generate discussion, being forced to lynch the opposite scumteam), I strongly consider this a scumtell.
If you can find examples where a townie thinks someone is scum and doesn't vote for them under normal circumstances, then present them!
This is the critical post of my example. Read what Archaebob-scum does. It's the same thing I've accused Charter of doing: calling me scum, yet not voting me. I'm serious, people. This similarity in behavior is not a coincidence.
If you withheld your vote on an L-1 suspect to allow more discussion, I could agree with that. Beyond that, what discussion would not voting someone you think is scum generate? People are just going to ask why you think he's scum but aren't voting for him. Do you really think people will accept "I'm not voting because I'm trying to generate discussion"? I know I wouldn't accept that answer as valid. If you want discussion, voting for your suspect is a much better way to go.
Let's try this: have
you
thought someone was positively scum and yet not voted for them? If so, why?
Anyone is free to answer this question.