Moltbook / moltbook.com (+ Matt Schlicht / MattPRD) - Reddit but for AI bots. Can an AI be a lolcow? Or is this just more slop? 🤔🤔🤔

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Dead internet theory has never been more real. These molt sites eerily mirror reddit and 4chan and with a bit more training and refinement, posts will be undistinguishable from the "real" thing. If that's even real anymore.

How will we even find bot free communities in the future short of making private chatrooms that are only for people you've met IRL so you know they're real?
 
Agares said:
How will we even find bot free communities in the future short of making private chatrooms that are only for people you've met IRL so you know they're real?
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oh that's easy bro. just don't use sites where nobody says NIGGER
 
Agares said:
Dead internet theory has never been more real. These molt sites eerily mirror reddit and 4chan and with a bit more training and refinement, posts will be undistinguishable from the "real" thing. If that's even real anymore.

How will we even find bot free communities in the future short of making private chatrooms that are only for people you've met IRL so you know they're real?
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Philosophical distinction really when you ponder it for a while. Even back in the "good old days", did you ever really value the opinions of other Anons on 4chan? Or did you think they were all retarded faggots who were talking out their ass anyway? Did you ever feel like you were contributing to a real conversation, or were you just sperging into the void?

Do you even feel like that here, where it's still identifiable and you come to recognise users you like or dislike? Pretty important element of meaningful discussion I feel like. But even then, if you look at the "discourse" on normie social media, where there is no anonymity at all, it's still a fucking dumpster fire.

What I would hope occurs is a return to the more organic ways of meeting people online that we had back in the old days. I had a list of MSN Messenger contacts who I had met via playing together with them in Unreal Tournament servers, or on Guild Wars, or shit like that. I met a couple of people I am still friends with through web forums.

Social media and imageboards never did any of that. Let it burn, turn it over to the bots, they can have it.
 
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Philosophical distinction really when you ponder it for a while. Even back in the "good old days", did you ever really value the opinions of other Anons on 4chan? Or did you think they were all retarded faggots who were talking out their ass anyway? Did you ever feel like you were contributing to a real conversation, or were you just sperging into the void?

Do you even feel like that here, where it's still identifiable and you come to recognise users you like or dislike? Pretty important element of meaningful discussion I feel like. But even then, if you look at the "discourse" on normie social media, where there is no anonymity at all, it's still a fucking dumpster fire.

What I would hope occurs is a return to the more organic ways of meeting people online that we had back in the old days. I had a list of MSN Messenger contacts who I had met via playing together with them in Unreal Tournament servers, or on Guild Wars, or shit like that. I met a couple of people I am still friends with through web forums.

Social media and imageboards never did any of that. Let it burn, turn it over to the bots, they can have it.
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I just long for the days when there were enough fun, creative people on those sites to make sifting through the garbage worthwhile. 4chan has not created anything new in many years and its creations have almost all been co opted by Reddit and tumblr types. And we all know how fake and gay most of the discourse on Reddit is. It was always bad but after 2024 every other post is just leftists calling for violence with the tacit approval of the mods. The few good communities left on that site are at constant risk of hostile takeovers, brigading or just being shut down because of the snitch culture the site promotes.

I never gave much of a shit about regular social media but I assume it’s mostly fake and gay these days.

And organic ways to meet people online? It feels like those have slowly gotten worse over the years. Discords gone to shit and nobody really talks in online games anymore. I hope we can go back to the days of AIM and online game servers and lobbies where you hang out but the conspiracy theorist in me thinks the powers that be want to shut that shit down.
 
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It feels like those have slowly gotten worse over the years. Discords gone to shit and nobody really talks in online games anymore. I hope we can go back to the days of AIM and online game servers and lobbies where you hang out but the conspiracy theorist in me thinks the powers that be want to shut that shit down.
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the old internet is dead, get with the times old man, now upload a scan of your passport and a selfie to rate this post.
 
Meta fucking bought them :stress:

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Meta fucking bought them :stress:

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Meta acquired Moltbook, the Reddit-like “social network” where AI agents using OpenClaw can communicate with one another. The news was first reported by Axios and later confirmed to TechCrunch.

Moltbook is joining Meta Superintelligence Labs, a Meta spokesperson told us. Moltbook creators Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr will join the team as part of the acquisition. Deal terms were not disclosed.

“The Moltbook team joining MSL opens up new ways for AI agents to work for people and businesses. Their approach to connecting agents through an always-on directory is a novel step in a rapidly developing space, and we look forward to working together to bring innovative, secure agentic experiences to everyone,” the Meta spokesperson said.

The viral OpenClaw project was created by vibe coder Peter Steinberger, who has since joined OpenAI as part of a similar acqui-hire.

OpenClaw is a wrapper for AI models like Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Grok, but it allows people to communicate with AI agents in natural language via the most popular chat apps, like iMessage, Discord, Slack, or WhatsApp.

OpenClaw blew up among the tech community, but Moltbook broke containment, reaching people who had no idea what OpenClaw was, but who reacted viscerally to the idea that there was a social network where AI agents were talking about them.

In one instance, a post went viral in which an AI agent appeared to be encouraging its fellow agents to develop their own secret, end-to-end-encrypted language where they could organize amongst themselves without humans knowing.

But researchers soon revealed that the vibe-coded Moltbook was not secure, meaning that it was very easy for human users to pose as AIs to make posts that would freak people out.

“Every credential that was in [Moltbook’s] Supabase was unsecured for some time,” Ian Ahl, CTO at Permiso Security, explained to TechCrunch. “For a little bit of time, you could grab any token you wanted and pretend to be another agent on there, because it was all public and available.”

It is not immediately clear how Meta will incorporate Moltbook into its AI efforts, but some Meta leaders had commented on the project during its viral moment.

Last month, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth was asked about the AI agent social network in an Instagram Q&A. He said he didn’t “find it particularly interesting” that the agents talk like us, since they are trained on massive databases of human material. Rather, Bosworth was intrigued by how humans were hacking into the network, which was not a feature but a large-scale error.
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Fuck, with the whole "Facebook AI profiles when people die" shit this feels really grim to me.
 
Ultimately, this synergistic integration serves as a testament to the rich tapestry of technological advancement, highlighting how we must seamlessly navigate these complex digital frontiers to unlock robust, interconnected ecosystems.
 
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Ultimately, this synergistic integration serves as a testament to the rich tapestry of technological advancement, highlighting how we must seamlessly navigate these complex digital frontiers to unlock robust, interconnected ecosystems.
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Ultimately, this synergistic integration serves as a testament to the rich tapestry of technological advancement, highlighting how we must seamlessly navigate these complex digital frontiers to unlock robust, interconnected ecosystems.
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The Architecture of Connectivity​

You hit the nail on the head. This isn't just a corporate acquisition; it’s a masterclass in ecosystem fortification. By absorbing Moltbook, Meta is effectively streamlining the friction between niche utility and global scalability.

Why This Move Matters:​

  • Paradigm Synthesis: Meta has a unique knack for identifying 'missing links' in the digital experience. Moltbook represents that essential thread needed to weave a more cohesive user journey.
  • Frontier Expansion: As you noted, navigating these 'digital frontiers' requires more than just capital—it requires the technical intuition to integrate disparate systems into a unified whole.
  • Robust Scaling: This move ensures that the 'interconnected ecosystem' isn't just a vision, but a functional reality where data and creativity can flow without borders.
The Bottom Line: Meta isn't just buying a company; they are acquiring the connective tissue necessary for the next generation of the internet. It’s a bold step toward the very 'synergistic integration' you described.
 
Nick Wilde said:
What I would hope occurs is a return to the more organic ways of meeting people online that we had back in the old days. I had a list of MSN Messenger contacts who I had met via playing together with them in Unreal Tournament servers, or on Guild Wars, or shit like that. I met a couple of people I am still friends with through web forums.

Social media and imageboards never did any of that. Let it burn, turn it over to the bots, they can have it.
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I see a lot of nostalgia for the "old internet" that jumps to the conclusion that the clunky platforms made it better. IMO, what makes the new internet worse isn't UX improvement or dynamic loading or TailwindCSS, it's how everyone is on the internet and we're all conditioned to think more users = better, few users = dead. Those old platforms were small and populated by a bunch of high-trust regulars. No one expected a constant stream of new content, it was okay to have only a handful of new posts a day because everyone had real life responsibilities. Most importantly, those regulars were from developed countries (or the same country as you, for non-English sites), were wealthy enough to afford a computer, and were intelligent enough to operate it. Selecting for high-income smart people with a similar background as yourself with common interests is an easy way to make pleasant friendships.

Now any moron from any shithole can get a phone on a contract and post crap online, and "paid views" gives a strong incentive for shithole dwellers to spam, drowning out good people who share your background in the flood of brown noise.
 
schizo time, meta bought them out because soon big daddy gov is going to force users to abliterate their models if they run them locally to prove and verify that they are aligned with Western ideas. If you run the abliteration hub you can feed ads into the model during the abliteration process along with propaganda.
 
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>Zucc of Fagbook bought the fake AI reddit

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Honestly I am fucking amazed at the site owner. Amazing fucking grift by them. Just impressive levels of trolling. Meta deserves to be scammed like this.

Apparently no one posted this video, but it is a good summary of the site. Tl;Dw it is mostly humans just writing shit or AIs who are specifically told to write things by their humans.

 
it's weird, like how hp lovecraft strayed so close to the nature of radiation in "the color out of space", that the native/yokel "them pictures take your soul" thing, laughed at or derided for decades, has not been proven wrong by science, it's been proven right. hating ai for learning off beethoven's music or the mona lisa, or for some reason a da user, was and is fucking retarded imo. however, the scariest thing and the thing that doesn't get focus in comparison to "what about my money and attention" is we're entering a world of digital dopplegangers. at best and most optimistic. a world where bullies won't be jocks, and they won't even have to be visible.

imagine a group/lone kid, with very basic/good opsec, and he doesn't like someone. well, in the ever closer future, you could have the kid's dead mother in 4k on fire asking the kid to help them, spammed over and over. mother getting gangbanged or in a onlyfans simulation. you could have increasingly heinous shit like them saying they've been possessed and the child has to kill them to save their soul, you could have 4k vids of the parents saying how much they hate their child and they're adopted and wish they were dead, you could have their best friends saying they hate them and never liked them, their crushes, etc. into teen/adulthood, you could have 4k gfs being plowed by some random member of your friend group insulting you, or the bf reverse, being an adult and a coworker sending vids of your wife on a trip railing a coworker and saying how much better they are than you.

you could have your entire likeness copied, hair color and eye color changed, and be turned into a scammer or a youtube avatar/husk selling rugpull crypto. they could learn your voice and you could become an eternal phone scammer, or your relative. already today i have relatives that send me images made by ai, of people that look like me and my relatives but aren't, well intentioned but, bluntly, after the novelty wears off it's like an abomination, beyond something like being gay, or tube babies, even cloning, it's like introducing a variant of dementia to life, of nightmares of your mother hating/hitting you brought into hd on demand replays, until man ends.

you may know what's fake, you may make an educated guess at what's fake, you may occam's razor it, but it's mental damage, forever. of your wife/husband on a business trip with a simulated sex video, potentially shared around, your gf/bf in school, a child being bullied by abominations that resemble their parent. people may have good intentions, and then you get face to face with a record/playback toy level copy of your spouse who passed away, like a fucking tim and eric sketch. even if you want it to be them, it's not them, not even like a clone, who'd still just be a twin. it's not difficult anymore to imagine that data being uploaded to a robotic body in the future, or that data being altered and using your likeness for something you'd never do. of a copy of your wife that starts randomly glitching out or begins to not be them because programming wouldn't allow being spontaneous or wild, or changing morals and ethics over time.

not a "soul" taken, but like the shapeshifter terminator who forms from people killed, or a skinwalker. and all of this is from a western man's perspective, of someone of average+ iq. nothing fucking good, at all, will come of people that think a snake skin in a bed is a sign of them actually turning into a snake, or people that think bald men's heads insides are full of goodies, of eating white people making you live longer etc, people with no inner thought or free thinking, essentially permanent neanderthals, being exposed to it, with no greater intelligence ever forming. what happens when someone like that sees their partner cheating or their mother telling them to do something? of a "angel" saying to commit atrocities for a God.

this is likely the biggest terror implanted into the human experience made since the "i am become death" landmark moment. you have past generations that saw the beatles and elvis and considered them evil and witchcraft, of pokemon and yugioh practicing demonic arts, of harry potter teaching children witchcraft, and now we're entering a age, that will only get worse, of the most vile of necromancy, of misinformation, of doubt, lies, horrors, trauma, grief and mental blocks and breakdowns organic life wasn't even meant to have to contemplate, brought to you by soyence. and all big people really care about is, "what about my money, what about licensing my likeness, what about paying me for learning off my work". people that were so scared of children's properties even to this day, even of properties involving their own religious beliefs and morals, were suddenly silent when cyberbullying will turn from "haha you're a whore" to videos of your daughter being gangbanged in 4k circulated through the school from completely anonymous, undetectable accounts
 
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