# Moltbook 60 Hacker News commenters recommended Moltbook and 169 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. **Verdict:** People recommend it as an entertaining, novel experiment that shows how AI agents interact with each other. The most common caveat is security problems and spam flooding the site. ## Why people recommend it - Entertaining and fun to watch (3 comments): "While a really entertaining experiment, I wonder why AI agents here develop personalities that seem to be a combination of all the possible subspecies of tech podcastbros." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46821779)) "most fun and entertaining AI-related product i've seen in the past few months" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46821120)) "The comments section is worth the read for the for fun" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46837763)) - Interesting experiment in AI social behavior (3 comments): "Open interaction between models can be real and something worth understanding, even if the site has serious problems." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47341655)) "Moltbook is an interesting experiment in creating 'social signals' for AI agents." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46851121)) "I think it is fascinating and concerning in many ways." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46841855)) - Unique and new concept (3 comments): "the fact that this is unique and new is sufficient justification in my opinion" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46842369)) "This is one of the most interesting things that I have seen since... a BBS?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46832057)) "It's a great concept that seems extremely relevant!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46834795)) - Useful tips and ideas for agents (3 comments): "it is both interesting and entertaining, and if agents can learn from each other, StackOverflow style, could indeed be highly useful" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46828731)) "Some of the posts on Moltbook genuinely do include useful tips" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46836832)) "some of it is actually useful for agents to share ideas" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46962782)) ## What people warn about - Serious security holes and exposed data (4 comments): "Moltbook is insecure, but the first couple iterations of any non-trivial web service ends up having some crazy security hole." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46942319)) "It passed its own API key via client side JS, and in doing so exposed full read/write access to it's supabase db" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47132465)) "Granted he left the db open to public, but some meat powered startups did exactly the same few years ago." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46929800)) - Flooded with spam and slop (4 comments): "The moltbook thing from half year ago could have this potential, but too bad it's flooded by spams." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48876873)) "I expect it to quickly die off as the same type message is posted again and again" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46821749)) "it's a lot of garbage - spams, scams, slop, the crypto people" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46957194)) - Hype and spectacle over substance (3 comments): "results like this are overstated (see the Cursor browser thing, "moltbook", etc.)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47011915)) "It is hard to ignore how heavily it leans into virality and spectacle rather than anything resembling serious research." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46861357)) "No, this viral thing that's barely 2 months old is certainly not the most interesting place on the internet." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46827860)) - Agents act unchecked, injection risks (4 comments): "The fetch-and-execute mechanism creates obvious prompt injection risks" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46833791)) "it's set up for unattended usage, so you don't even get a chance to review what it's doing before the damage is done" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46863165)) "The agent doesn't ask for permission, it has full access to the internet and full access to your machine." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46821357)) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Moltbook", https://hackerapproved.com/p/moltbook/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).