In post 6, SaulJoker wrote:Hello everyone!
What's your favorite color?
VOTE: RedFlavor
Am I doing this right?
Uh were you talking about RVS? If so, there is no right or wrong way, just let things flow naturally
No. No. Self-voting is a big no no.
Self-voting early is a deliberately provocative act. Sometimes a deliberately provocative act can generate useful discussion, however making yourself easy to attack will mean it's easier for scum to attack you in a way which blends in with how the town attacks you. As such DPAs more often lead to noise and confusion, although self-voting is not really any more egregious than any other DPA.
If the town is incapable of generating discussion any other way, a DPA is useful, but most of the time it is a very sub-optimal way of getting people talking.
The other applications are the self-hammer, which is often valid for scum and very, very rarely appropriate for town.