Red Herring

A red herring is a distraction technique, either to avoid having to come up with a reasonable defense to suspicions directed at the player, or to create a fog of confusion around precisely why some other player is suspicious. It is sometimes colloquially called the "baffle them with bullshit" technique.

Spamming within a game, or discussing irrelevant factors not directly related to the progression of the game and the logical targets for an elimination, can often fall under this argument. In other circumstances, however, they can reflect a particular players' posting style, or the flavor/roles in a given game.