Well I'd be strapping on my IC gloves here as it seems like this is one of your first games (I recall you had one here before, but it was marred by disliked companionship).
[Disclaimer: Tiruin can be scum or town regardless--her playstyle often is okay with helping newbies though!]
In Mafia games--just like in life--people have impressions regardless of who you are. What matters is you being yourself; if you're town, other people can think you're scum based on how they interpret your reaction, and vice versa applies if you're scum that can be thought of as town (scum is a general term for 'non-town / malevolent wincon towards the town', but is also a general slang term for 'third-party' which is Non-Mafia-aligned). All of this is communicated by post however, and is valued for
everyone playing regardless of alignment.
Personally, I recall my early games--I panicked a lot, and was very sensitive (even if Town); I got lynched D1 once...and was all 'cold sweat' and otherwise even if it was just a game x3. So I took it in a way I have now--it was a learning experience, and even 'if it was just a game', it was a good way to learn from other people.
People can see you as scum even if you're innocent because they may have interpretations to follow; the same is if you're scum though! That is OKAY and normal.
What one can do is to respond to them, as usually people aren't forcing themselves onto you anyway [from my memory of Town of Salem, that I couldn't even play thanks to hilariously bad internet, people are quick and reactionary...given a textbox and all, so that's one of my personal notes on you here]
This is the
Day Game. Regardless of how it ends, who you are now and how you act is important--if ever you find yourself not enjoying the game, in the end of it all treat it as a learning lesson constructively
Besides--Mafia in general know their team. One should not panic (or at least make it public that they're all panicky) that way. It is okay to be called as scum as it's a normative reaction in these games; it's how people try to connect point B [their wincondition] and point A [the start of it all--Day 1 or stuff], like for example how we've got the RVS Stage on Bay12.
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[Player Tiruin now speaking]
...Although considering all this, the mechanical interruption of TDS being a King as said by the GM changed how we all acted :V
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FoU: Can you be influenced by player's actions to say lies or stuff against game mechanics?