You can hold for any reason you want. I rarely do, and i didnt. but i was pissed that was a really shitty move, i had 2 hoh's in the beginning of the game, and the first round there were no inactives i went up. I was being considerate of everyone, getting the inactives out and there were people who didnt do shit all game at that point and he picked me. I was furious yes.
Yeah there was just an alliance of 5 that you weren't in and once the inacts were gone we started plussing each other and got you out cuz you were an HOH threat