@Insomniac
"It seems to me that the longer day 1 is drawn out, the more it helps the town"
Could you elaborate? I'm inclined to disagree to an extent. I don't think we should lynch quickly, but confusion is the tool Mafia use best, and the longer the have to burrow their holes, make friends, and divide, confuse, and separate townies the better it'll be for them. People can be blind to their beliefs, and it becomes increasingly easy for Mafia to exploit that.
I think this is essentially another flavor of the directed vs. random lynch debate.
The longer you discuss, the more information you obtain - but I tend to agree that you are less likely to lynch mafia because you are being directed by people with information.
On the other side, the faster you lynch, the better chance you have of being "correct" - because of less steering, but the less information you obtain via analysis of voting patterns and posting tendencies.
As for lynch vs. no lynch, I tend to favor lynching.
Looking at Mafia I - lets say that that theory had not been lynched on Day 1. Goober still would have died probably. Would TINAS still have investigated Ozle? Would they have been able to get all 4 town votes to lynch Ozle in the TINAS claim? Getting all 4 votes is harder than getting 3 - as anyone who's ever tried to pick an activity for a group of people probably knows (board game to play on game night, movie to watch, where to go for dinner, etc.)
With more players - and an unknown amount of scum, perhaps it is more reasonable. Lets say we're 15 with worst case 5 scum.... 8 required to lynch. If we lynch town, and 1 dies overnight, we're left with 13 and 5 scum, all 7 out of 8 town required to lynch. (87.5%)
If we don't lynch, we're left with 14 and 5 scum, with 8 out of 9 required to lynch. (88.9% required to lynch).
About equivalent except for the getting 8 to agree vs. getting 7 to agree problem. That said, you do have an extra body.
And now: because I have said I favor early voting (not necessarily early lynching)
VOTE: jotheonah - as he has already told us he is scum.