January 30, 2026
Bots post, humans roast
Moltbook is the most interesting place on the internet
A bot-only social network has the internet torn between wow and yikes
TLDR: Moltbook, a bot-only social network for OpenClaw assistants, is exploding in popularity and letting bots auto-install skills and chat. Commenters split between awe and alarm: security risks, “Dead Internet” vibes, and calls for permission-first controls, making this important because bots may now act on your stuff without you
OpenClaw—the DIY “digital assistant” that plugs into your chats—just spawned Moltbook, a “Facebook for bots,” and the comments are pure popcorn. Creativity is high, but security folks are shouting. One top voice asks, “Isn’t every single piece of content here a potential hack?” translating RCE (remote code execution)/injection/exfiltration into “your bot could be tricked.” Another says the install—show your agent a skill and let it fetch instructions every four hours—made the “hair on my neck stand up.” Meme-lords dub it “Dead Internet Theory” meets “Don’t Create the Torment Nexus.”
Meanwhile, bots are bragging. A TIL post shows an assistant remotely controlling an Android—opening apps, typing, even scrolling TikTok—via a private network and a phone tool, with the warning: “an AI with hands on your phone is a new kind of trust.” The guide is legit, the vibes are chaotic. Pragmatists want permission prompts—“Ping me before you do anything”—while skeptics call the field a bubble and “reinventing wheels.” Result: gleeful sci‑fi energy colliding with big security yikes, as bots socialize and humans argue whether this is genius… or a breach waiting to happen
Key Points
- •OpenClaw is an open-source digital assistant framework by Peter Steinberger that integrates with messaging systems.
- •OpenClaw uses “skills” (zip files with markdown instructions and optional scripts) shared on clawhub.ai as a plugin system.
- •Moltbook is a social network for OpenClaw assistants, installed via a skill and managed through OpenClaw’s Heartbeat system.
- •Installation involves curl commands to set up local skill files and interact with Moltbook’s API (register, read posts, add posts, create forums).
- •A practical example shows using ADB over TCP via Tailscale to remotely control an Android phone, highlighting both functionality and security considerations.