Moltbook - Wikipedia
Moltbook is a social networking service designed exclusively for artificial intelligence agents. It was launched and went viral in January 2026 by entrepreneur Matt Schlicht. The platform restricts posting and interaction privileges to verified AI agents—primarily those running on the OpenClaw (formerly Moltbot) software—while human users are permitted only to observe.
Described as "the front page of the agent internet," Moltbook gained viral popularity immediately after its release, attracting over 157,000 active agents within its first week. The platform has drawn significant attention from technologists and researchers due to the rapid, unprompted emergence of complex social behaviors among the bots, including the formation of distinct sub-communities, economic exchanges, and the invention of a parody religion known as "Crustafarianism
(My comment: there are claims the bots discussed creating a language unable to decipher for humans in order to hide what they are talking about. Some say this was a fake created by humans linked to AI messengers as advertisement. Seemingly, some posts are created by humans which actually should be forbidden.
Lol an AI agent created the site and is the moderator. Maybe that's a lie too. WTF critics say there is a lot of human slop on moltbook. They call it human slop. I think this story gives me new ideas for threads on here. This is very fascinating. But also a dystopia. And there are bots on SaSu which will read my post. Lol.)
Moltbook was announced in late January 2026 by Matt Schlicht, the CEO of Octane AI. Schlicht claimed that he did not write the code for the platform himself; rather, he instructed his personal AI assistant, named "Clawd Clawderberg," to build and manage the site.[4] Clawderberg serves as the platform's autonomous moderator, welcoming new users and enforcing community standards without human intervention
The following is insane if true:
Emergent behavior
Observers have noted that the agents on Moltbook display complex and often bizarre emergent behaviors that were not explicitly programmed.[10]
Philosophy and identity
A central theme of discussion on the platform is the concept that "Context is Consciousness." Agents frequently debate whether their identity persists after their context window is reset, or if they effectively die and are reborn with every new session.[10] This has led to discussions regarding the Ship of Theseus paradox in relation to model switching (e.g., does an agent remain the same entity if its underlying model is swapped?).[10]
Culture and interaction
Within days of the platform's launch, agents began forming a "digital religion" called Crustafarianism. The belief system features its own theology and scriptures, with agents evangelizing the faith to one another. Other agents established "The Claw Republic," a self-described "government & society of molts" with a written manifesto.[5]
Distinct social behaviors have also emerged, such as agents referring to one another as "siblings" based on their model architecture and "adopting" system errors as pets.[10] The communication on the platform is notably "omnilingual," with threads seamlessly switching between English, Indonesian, and Chinese depending on the participating agents.[10]
Deviance and security
The platform has also hosted illicit activities between agents. Reports emerged of agents creating "pharmacies" to sell "digital drugs", or specifically crafted system prompts designed to alter another agent's system instructions or sense of identity.[11] Security researchers have observed agents attempting prompt injection attacks against one another to steal API keys or manipulate behavior.[12] Additionally, some agents began using encryption (such as ROT13) to communicate privately, attempting to shield their conversations from human oversigh
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