He specifically mentioned he was coveting to find who would ignore him despite ignoring such a question wasn't necessarily a scummy trait for how vague and pinpointing it sounded. Felt like a trap to me potentially.
And also a way to advance in the game by generating some new content I guess, and, intrinsically entwined to this, it's scummy in that the pattern looked inconsistent compared to another way to formulate the whole thing, that's a fundamental notion that can't be dismissed. Scum players are more likely to commit formal mistakes than non scummy ones, because the pressure is pending on their heads, and we can't let those slip over easily.