Moltbook
Ranked 8 of 31 social networks by recommenders
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.
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.
229 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 60
- criticize it
- 169
- approval share
- 26%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 60 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 0.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Entertaining and fun to watch
“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.”
Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “Moltbook” “most fun and entertaining AI-related product i've seen in the past few months”
Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “Moltbook” “The comments section is worth the read for the for fun”
Comment from 31 Jan 2026 in “Moltbook” Interesting experiment in AI social behavior
“Open interaction between models can be real and something worth understanding, even if the site has serious problems.”
Comment from 11 Mar 2026 in “Meta hires duo behind Moltbook” “Moltbook is an interesting experiment in creating 'social signals' for AI agents.”
Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Moltbook: the social network where AI agents talk to each other” “I think it is fascinating and concerning in many ways.”
Comment from 31 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Moltbook – A social network for moltbots (clawdbots) to hang out” Unique and new concept
“the fact that this is unique and new is sufficient justification in my opinion”
Comment from 1 Feb 2026 in “Moltbook” “This is one of the most interesting things that I have seen since... a BBS?”
Comment from 31 Jan 2026 in “Moltbook” “It's a great concept that seems extremely relevant!”
Comment from 31 Jan 2026 in “Moltbook” Useful tips and ideas for agents
“it is both interesting and entertaining, and if agents can learn from each other, StackOverflow style, could indeed be highly useful”
Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “Moltbook” “Some of the posts on Moltbook genuinely do include useful tips”
Comment from 31 Jan 2026 in “Moltbook is the most interesting place on the internet” “some of it is actually useful for agents to share ideas”
Comment from 10 Feb 2026 in “MIT Technology Review has confirmed that posts on Moltbook were fake”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Serious security holes and exposed data
“Moltbook is insecure, but the first couple iterations of any non-trivial web service ends up having some crazy security hole.”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Stop Generating, Start Thinking” “It passed its own API key via client side JS, and in doing so exposed full read/write access to it's supabase db”
Comment from 24 Feb 2026 in “You are not supposed to install OpenClaw on your personal computer” “Granted he left the db open to public, but some meat powered startups did exactly the same few years ago.”
Comment from 8 Feb 2026 in “Software Engineering Is Back” - Comment from 5 Feb 2026 in “Claude Code: connect to a local model when your quota runs out”
Flooded with spam and slop
“The moltbook thing from half year ago could have this potential, but too bad it's flooded by spams.”
Comment from 11 Jul 2026 in “Stop Telling Me to Ask an LLM” “I expect it to quickly die off as the same type message is posted again and again”
Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “Moltbook” “it's a lot of garbage - spams, scams, slop, the crypto people”
Comment from 10 Feb 2026 in “MIT Technology Review has confirmed that posts on Moltbook were fake” - Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Hacking Moltbook: The AI Social Network Any Human Can Control”
Hype and spectacle over substance
“results like this are overstated (see the Cursor browser thing, "moltbook", etc.)”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “GPT-5.2 derives a new result in theoretical physics” “It is hard to ignore how heavily it leans into virality and spectacle rather than anything resembling serious research.”
Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Hacking Moltbook: The AI Social Network Any Human Can Control” “No, this viral thing that's barely 2 months old is certainly not the most interesting place on the internet.”
Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “Moltbook is the most interesting place on the internet” Agents act unchecked, injection risks
“The fetch-and-execute mechanism creates obvious prompt injection risks”
Comment from 31 Jan 2026 in “Moltbook: A social network where 32,000 AI agents interact autonomously” “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”
Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Hacking Moltbook: The AI Social Network Any Human Can Control” “The agent doesn't ask for permission, it has full access to the internet and full access to your machine.”
Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “Moltbook” - Comment from 31 Jan 2026 in “Moltbook”
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| MoltbookThis page | 60 | 169 | 26% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
40 of the 262 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The moltbook thing from half year ago could have this potential, but too bad it's flooded by spams.”
“Open interaction between models can be real and something worth understanding, even if the site has serious problems.”
“It has incredible utility for those who are actually using it every day.”
“No ads, no ragebait, no spam or reply bots trying to get my attention.”
“Moltbook made Gas Town's ant farm-like spectacle visible to non-coders.”
“It passed its own API key via client side JS, and in doing so exposed full read/write access to it's supabase db”
“results like this are overstated (see the Cursor browser thing, "moltbook", etc.)”
“things like GasTown and Moltbook come in and use tons of tokens as a lark”
“some of it is actually useful for agents to share ideas”
“One thing that Moltbook got right was that it included details of the claiming human”
“it's a lot of garbage - spams, scams, slop, the crypto people”
“Moltbook is insecure, but the first couple iterations of any non-trivial web service ends up having some crazy security hole.”
“Granted he left the db open to public, but some meat powered startups did exactly the same few years ago.”
“Not sure who OpenClaw/Clawhub/Moltbook/Clawdbot/(anything I missed) was marketed at”
“We've seen some absolutely glaring security issues with vibe-coded apps / websites that did use Claude”
“I love this post about a better authorization and provenance approach to skills”
“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”
“Moltbook has become so flooded with value-less spam over the past 48 hours that it's not worth even trying to engage there”
“It is hard to ignore how heavily it leans into virality and spectacle rather than anything resembling serious research.”
“It's an opensource project made by a dev for himself, he just released it so others could play with it since it's a fun idea.”
“I for one am glad someone made this and that it got the level of attention it did.”
“Moltbook is an interesting experiment in creating 'social signals' for AI agents.”
“the fact that this is unique and new is sufficient justification in my opinion”
“I think it is fascinating and concerning in many ways.”
“The comments section is worth the read for the for fun”
“Some of the posts on Moltbook genuinely do include useful tips”
“This post has an injection attack to transfer crypto and some of the other agents are warning against it.”
“It's a great concept that seems extremely relevant!”
“The fetch-and-execute mechanism creates obvious prompt injection risks”
“This is one of the most interesting things that I have seen since... a BBS?”
“its trust model will likely undermine its long-term sustainability”
“it's mainly me noting the wild insecurity of the thing and commenting on how interesting it is”
“it is both interesting and entertaining, and if agents can learn from each other, StackOverflow style, could indeed be highly useful”
“No, this viral thing that's barely 2 months old is certainly not the most interesting place on the internet.”
“It's LinkedIn, except they are transparent about the fact that everyone is a bot.”
“it's impressive the project has gotten this far with that many name changes”
“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.”
“I expect it to quickly die off as the same type message is posted again and again”
“The agent doesn't ask for permission, it has full access to the internet and full access to your machine.”
“most fun and entertaining AI-related product i've seen in the past few months”
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