Most critiques of this article are basically nit-picking. The laws mentioned, well, they're still quite solid. The central metaphor remains. In Vampire: the

Most critiques of this article are basically nit-picking. The laws mentioned, well, they're still quite solid. The central metaphor remains. In Vampire: the Masquerade, a vampire can increase their potency through an act of diablerie: draining another, old, stronger vampire of their blood at some moment of weakness. Twitter, as an example, is where people go to gamble their reputation, and get a shot at taking someone else's. A well-timed "call-out" increases the reputation of the caller and decreases that of the one called out. In short, the Vampire Castle is about a zero-sum (perhaps even worse than zero-sum) game of reputation, where people rise by draining those who ought to be their peers. The Vampire Castle has only temporary allies and no friends at all. One keeps the neck rigid and protected via orthodoxy and any lapse is an invite to a bite. No rest, only continual hyper-vigilance, waiting to pounce or be pounced upon. I've watched this (plus your basic purity spiral) more or less destroy a couple of forums. It's depressing and it solves exactly nothing.