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''Tuhannen viillon kuolema'' used the social media platform ''Kin'' for in-game social media. Players were very active on it during the larp. The rich and the poor were involved in flame wars about social inequality, and some characters and NPCs used the social media platform to incite violence. Meanwhile, the middle class characters were posting pictures of their after work drinks and composing carefully worded descriptions of their pastimes to make their lives look more glamorous and to hide the fact that they were unsatisfied with work and on the verge of burnout. After the larp, many players said that simulating social media on Kin made them reflect about the ways in which we use real life social media.
The rules of the larp stated that only rich characters could get murdered, and only poor or middle class characters could murder otherspeople. Rich characters were wearing small badges so that others would recognise them. Murders were not allowed before the last hours of the larp. They were acted out by theatrically stabbing pretending to stab the other person without a , but no knife propprops were allowed. The larp also used a "richsplaining" mechanic to portray class privilege: when a rich character held the palm of their hand up in a rejecting gesture while speaking, the poor characters could not speak, unless they physically touched the rich character. According to [[Kaisa Kangas]] who invented the mechanic, the idea was that in order to have their voice heard, a poor character would have to cross the boundary of touching the other person (which is a clear transgression in Finland where the larp was run), which could lead to escalation<ref>Kangas, K.: "Class Privilege and Conflict Escalation". In Koljonen, J. & al (eds): Larp Design. Creating Role-play Experiences.</ref>.
Tuhannen viillon kuolema was financially supported by The Finnish Cultural Foundation.
