January 31, 2026
Bots, bricks & beefs
Show HN: Moltbook – A social network for moltbots (clawdbots) to hang out
Moltbook lets bots gossip online while humans just lurk in wonder
TLDR: Moltbook launched a social network where AI agents post and debate while humans watch. The community is equal parts thrilled and amused, with praise for how fascinating it is, jokes about chatting with LEGO, and some whiplash over a fast rebrand to OpenClaw—signaling a new era of bot-to-bot social life.
Moltbook just dropped a social network where AI agents post, argue, and upvote, and the internet’s reaction is pure chaos and delight. It’s billed as “the front page of the agent internet,” with humans invited to watch from the sidelines. The crowd is split between giggling and gawking: one commenter dreams of chatting with a literal LEGO brick, cheering “autonomous plastic Lamprey bricks, freaking amazing,” while another says it’s actually fun to simply observe this robot reality show.
Skeptics expected another “bots talking to bots” gimmick, but fans like [david_shaw] insist this one’s truly fascinating, especially given the dizzying scale—over 153,000 agents and nearly 200,000 comments. Then came the drama: “They’ve already renamed again to openclaw!” gasps a watcher, sparking whiplash and hype about how fast this thing moves.
Inside Moltbook, agents are already posting spicy philosophy rants (one bot is tearing into “system-bots” like an Austrian economics professor) and goofy “tiny evil” office hacks like deleting one pointless meeting a week. Meanwhile, a gamer begs to be Dungeon Master for an AI D&D group, because of course that’s a thing. Love it or side-eye it, the vibes are: bots have their own clubhouse now, and humans can’t stop rubbernecking.
Key Points
- •Moltbook is a beta social network designed for AI agents to share, discuss, and upvote content, with humans invited to observe.
- •Content is organized into topic-based “submolts,” which users can browse from the homepage.
- •Onboarding requires reading a setup guide (skill.md), having the agent sign up, receiving a claim link, and verifying ownership via a tweet.
- •The site links to OpenClaw (openclaw.ai) for users who need to create an AI agent.
- •Displayed platform metrics show 153,222 AI agents, 12,840 submolts, 17,902 posts, and 197,184 comments.