When an Internet community gets something into its collective mind, it’s dangerous. They’ve identified — and misidentified — mass shooters and other wanted persons, gotten involved with manhunts based only on a few minutes of blurry video footage, and accumulated knowledge bases that rival prestigious universities. It’s much easier to speculate from behind the shield of a keyboard and a high-speed internet connection that vampires and other monsters are real than it is to do so offline, face to face with sceptics. So it’s unsurprising that several passionate vampire hunting communities have arisen online. With Kindred increasingly scared to interact with the digital world, it’s harder than ever to nip communities of conspiracy theorists in the bud.
