I have been trying to catch up and think over the past 30 mins or so, though. My host went to bed already because he's more sensible than me given that we have to be up in the morning really early for a Sunday.
Anyway, I've been looking at ADK's claim. The most interesting thing about them perhaps being third party is that they were voting Joth for a lot of time while the EFHW wagon was a going concern: ADK voted at #733 (~30 hours before deadline), and faust joined them at #746 (~22 hours before deadline). MiX joined very briefly, but other than that, the wagon on Joth was static with just those two votes up to #885 (45 minutes to deadline). Why weren't other scums voting there, if the other non-singleton alternatives were to bus EFHW or to sit on a wagon she was already on, which isn't great for PoE later in the game? I mean, maybe they're all just the singleton voters, but I have to wonder what made ADK and faust's wagon on Joth look so unappealing to scums who should have been interested in moving elsewhere.
One option is just that all non-bussing scums were on Galz, though I have better PoE than most there, and I also townread Glooble, so that seems less possible to me. The other likely option is that one of Joth and faust is already scum, and so the incentive for more scum to have piled in there was much reduced. (The third quite-likely option is just that ADK might be scum after all).
It's not the strongest evidence ever, but having coloured ADK as third-party in my voting records, it is something that seems worth bringing up. Below are a couple of vote counts from relevant places: one just after faust had voted at #746, and one just before MiX jumped ever-so-briefly ontl Joth at #885. (Joth did then make it up to 4 votes with the addition of Eddie at #893, then down to 3 votes again at #896 then MiX moved back to EFHW).
#746
2.71828..... (1): Uncleeurope
EFHW (6): MiX, pingpongsam, Galzria, WestCoastDidds, DatSwan, Awaclus
Galzria (2): EFHW, Glooble
Uncleeurope (1): 2.71828.....
WestCoastDidds (1): Shraeye
pingpongsam (1): jotheonah
MiX (1): pubby
jotheonah (2): A Drowned Kernel, faust
Not Voting (1): SpaceAnemone
#884
Galzria (4): EFHW, Glooble, SpaceAnemone, Uncleeurope
EFHW (6): Galzria, WestCoastDidds, DatSwan, Awaclus, jotheonah, MiX
jotheonah (2): A Drowned Kernel, faust
faust (1): pingpongsam
DatSwan (1): 2.71828.....
MiX (1): Shraeye
WestCoastDidds (1): pubby