User blog comment:IAmNothing712/My Thoughts on the Tyler Perry Idol/@comment-5002930-20140419165114/@comment-2142533-20140419171941

How can they be afraid though in a split vote scenario when that would still have the same effect as the "before votes read" idol -- one player uses idol, ally goes home. It would just look awkward for the idol user as, in public he would have to decide to either save himself or his ally. But other than that the split vote would still not be a bad strategy and would have the same result.