Sure, but I'm not sure why you wouldn't just let it play out beforehand - we can assume safely enough that any motivation behind his random vote would, more likely than not, be based on external factors rather than anything in game (even if he's scum, the reasoning behind his vote would more or less be the same as there isn't really any "distancing" going on in RVS. While it certainly appears to be more productive than, say, "I'm excited", it doesn't actually mean anything for this game.
And all of this is to say, of course, that there are plenty of ways to interact with the thread that aren't either questioning the reasoning behind random votes (that we know aren't going to be motivated by any in-game behaviour, as there was none) or saying hi/that they're excited.
Now to circle back to what I said about Sworder, yes it's all easy, but there are still posts that drive the game forward. Sworder so far has made no attempt at engaging with the game itself - preferring to talk about someone posting in another thread and the flavour. I suppose you can take exception with the word I used, but I think the point I'm making is plain - he is here, posting, and yet not actually doing anything. So I felt it worthy of note.
Sure thing.
We'll see.