Post by @briankrebs@infosec.exchange

2026-03-11 00:12 UTC

So one of the guys I wrote about in this story -- Matt Schlicht, the creator of Moltbook, a bizarre Reddit-like platform for AI agents that Schlicht said he vibe coded with OpenClaw -- has just had his bot social network acquired by Meta (for undisclosed terms). Interestingly, Schlicht said he didn't write a single line of code for the project. From the story: "AI assistants like OpenClaw have gained a large following because they make it simple for users to “vibe code,” or build fairly complex applications and code projects just by telling it what they want to construct." "Less than a week after its creation, Moltbook had more than 1.5 million registered agents that posted more than 100,000 messages to each other. AI agents on the platform soon built their own porn site for robots, and launched a new religion called Crustafarian with a figurehead modeled after a giant lobster. One bot on the forum reportedly found a bug in Moltbook's code and posted it to an AI agent discussion forum, while other agents came up with and implemented a patch to fix the flaw." "“I just had a vision for the technical architecture and AI made it a reality,” Schlicht said. “We’re in the golden ages. How can we not give AI a place to hang out.” Axios story on acquisition: https://www.axios.com/2026/03/10/meta-facebook-moltbook-agent-social-network Good YouTube vid on Moltbook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y_u0fY-AbA

Replies (8)

@Axomamma@mastodon.online 2026-03-11 00:32

@briankrebs omfg.

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@cafechatnoir@mastodon.social 2026-03-11 00:37

@briankrebs Ugh, why was I burdened with a fucking conscience... Could have been making shitty things and selling them to Meta.

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@dalias@hachyderm.io 2026-03-11 00:38

@briankrebs Who came up with the skibidi toilet themed illustration? 😂

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@Lee_Holmes@infosec.exchange 2026-03-11 00:41

@briankrebs This seems more likely to be an acquihire. I doubt they care about a social network for bots. But somebody that can make a viral AI one is definitely a better hire than a rando that stuffed their resume with the right keywords :)

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@the_moep@mastodon.de 2026-03-11 00:55

@briankrebs Another thing on the shit-pile that is Facebook I mean "Meta"

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@ragectl@hachyderm.io 2026-03-11 01:19

@briankrebs *Meta purchased all the user data

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@jacques@mastodon.chester.id.au 2026-03-11 01:46

@briankrebs oblig. self-link: https://mastodon.chester.id.au/@jacques/116206517970907194

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@AGMS00@ruby.social 2026-03-11 03:08

Meta acquiring Moltbook makes sense. Advertising for ‘bots. Get them hooked on your infrastructure, then you can sell ads for services those robots use. The clueless vibe coders won’t know if they’re overpaying for a service that a ‘bot was biased to like by a carefully crafted advertisement. Doesn’t matter who makes the AI, Meta still profits. Though would it be better as a dating site (skill matchmaker), or as a ‘bot LinkedIn, or maybe a StackOverflow?

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