As either town or 3p, I imagine why such a role might be boring and not exciting to play. But having a friend who knows your alignment usually let's you do some fun stuff.
The fact that your protected from the first night action obviously makes you less likely to have been culted, to say nothing of you lack of involvement. And since you don't even have a vote you'd also be utterly useless to them, of course you could get lying about who would have needed to die.
Weirdness!