Scum (almost) never nightkills inactives.
Lynching inactives without giving them a chance for defending would be scummy. Otherwise, going for inactives is not a bad thing because if scum kills the active players, that leads to the game being full of inactives, which will make leading the town a lot easier, and pretty much secures a scum win.
In that sense, either activating everyone or getting rid of inactives benefits the town more than scum, when we assume that inactives have the regular chances of being town/scum.
I have "always" been supporting, and will always fully support keeping all active players around until day 4-ish with no exceptions unless there is real evidence. That means that I will not support active player lynches like Camoclone, bbninjas or Celever earlygame, unless there is solid (and I really mean solid) proof they are anti-town. By lynching active players, as long as they are town, we help scum immensly. The only way for a town to win is by:
- Consisting of active and knowlegeable players lategame
- Having investigative results lategame
The real scum win condition is thus:
- eliminate active and knowledgeable town players
- eliminate investigative roles
Even if they happen to be scum, not lynching these actives early results in the town having a lot more words-from-the-wolves-material to go off after they are lynched. Words-from-the-wolves should be rechecked for hints once they flip - with anti-buddying in mind.
My posts so far are mostly meta, and you just have to deal with it. If that makes me scummy, I can only say "ok".
PS.: Yes, I just coined two new terms. Words-from-the-wolves and anti-buddying.
WFW = What confirmed wolves said while they were alive, the stances they took towards people. After a wolf flips his WFW should be checked.
Anti-buddying = A common wolf action, wolves attacking wolves earlygame to appear as if they weren't on the same side if WFW are checked later (or just to leave an impression). Somewhat related to WIFOM, but can still possibly be caught.
Since OMGUS is so popular even though I disagree with what it actually means, I will also gift you DLAE - "don't lynch the actives earlygame" - to make my point clear. (Scum will eventually kill them anyway to achieve their win condition.)
Please have fun with tearing appart this post.
(sorry for backstabbing a fellow aussie 
