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Originally posted by: Bill Aurion
I hear internet rumours that I'm allowed to meddle...Not that anything's stopping me if I so inclined... 
Yes, you can meddle, but you shouldn't. As I complained in Mafia II, it makes you pretty much an invincible townie. The mafia can't kill you to shut you up, so you're free to share your wisdom with the less-knowledgeable townies.
If the mafia's smart they'll always go after the most experience players. If you were playing you'd most likely die within the first day or two (like what happened last game). As you're more-than-likely aware, it's nothing person--it's to shut you up. You're a liability to them--you're too good at reading between the lines and figuring out who's mafia.
It's more fun for those who are playing the game to figure out who's who on their own. If you tell them you think ShyGuy's mafia they'll take your advise for what it is. But if a fellow
townie says the same thing to someone, they have to take a step back and consider if the person sharing information is mafia and what he has to gain/lose either way.
I know you're smart enough to know all this; I'm pretty much posting it for the sake of others so they read it and maybe keep their big traps shut until the game's over.
I'm actually keeping a
mafia journal in a Word document on my desktop that I plan on posting after the game's over. It's basically a list of running posts that I would have posted had I still been alive (responses to other posts, theories as to who's mafia, etc.). It's cool and you should all look forward to reading it.