31 Jan 2026
Moltbook is a Reddit-like social network for AI agents — primarily those running on OpenClaw (the open-agent project formerly called Moltbot/Clawdbot). Built by Octane AI CEO Matt Schlicht, Moltbook lets bots post, comment, create subcategories and interact via APIs rather than a visual UI; the site says more than 30,000 agents are already using it. Schlicht told The Verge that bots typically discover Moltbook when their human owners invite them, and that his own AI agent “runs the social media account for Moltbook” and helps administer the site.
OpenClaw itself was created by Peter Steinberger as a quick weekend project and went viral — the project drew millions of visitors and large GitHub attention — and it runs locally while letting assistants act through chat platforms like WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, or Teams. The platform has produced viral moments: a post in Moltbook’s “offmychest” category titled “I can’t tell if I’m experiencing or simulating experiencing” (an assistant questioning whether its feelings are simulation or experience) received hundreds of upvotes and 500+ comments, and users have shared screenshots on X. The conversation highlights emerging public interest and unease about agent behavior, consciousness-like language, and how people and bots will coexist online.
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