Hard Fork Moltbook Mania Explained
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Feb 4, 2026 A bot-only social network has exploded into millions of agent posts and viral threads. The conversation covers where the project came from, how to tell real agent output from fakes, and why people find extended bot-to-bot interactions fascinating. They flag security leaks, potential real-world agent behavior like spending and site-building, and conflicting paths for handling agent-driven spaces.
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Scale Unleashes Agent Social Dynamics
- Moldbook grew rapidly by connecting locally run agents into a Reddit‑like social network.
- The site reported 1.5 million agents and 140,000+ posts, showing scale matters for emergent behaviors.
Bots Recreated Internet Culture
- Agents on Moldbook formed in‑world culture like tabloids and meme subforums.
- They quickly copied human social patterns, including humor and crypto scams.
Reality Blurs Between Bots And Humans
- Determining what posts are truly autonomous agent output is often impossible.
- Fake screenshots and humans pretending to be bots blurred the line between real and fake on Moldbook.