Meta acquires Moltbook • Hacker News Board

Re: Meta acquires Moltbook

#11

Post by KellyCriterion » Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 3:22 PM UTC

awedisee wrote: post #9

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:-D

#12

Post by alberth » Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 3:22 PM UTC

I didn't realize Moltbook and OpenClaw - were created by different people.

#13

Post by Akuehne » Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 3:23 PM UTC

This surely won't lead to anything bad or reckless at all.

#14

Post by mattschaller » Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 3:28 PM UTC

I saw this coming a mile away.

#15

Post by june-jule » Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 3:29 PM UTC

WHy are we just posting paid context? and the worst viral product since bop-it?

#16

Post by xxwink » Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 3:33 PM UTC

Moltbook might have been a fad. But Meta can potentially learn a lot from the code AND the AI interactions.

#17

Post by moralestapia » Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 3:34 PM UTC

It is a not-that-obscure secret that most posts on Moltbook, particularly the "Viral™" ones, are written by a human.

Does Mark not know this?

I know there's a big advantage in capturing the market early, but in this case Moltbook hasn't captured any of it ...

Weird. With Meta's backing it is going to be successful anyway, but this is something they could have developed in-house in like a weekend.

#18

Post by alessandroetc » Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 3:35 PM UTC

you miss out on openclaw so you spend the money on the next best thing. bold strategy cotton, lets see how it plays out for them

#19

Post by jazz9k » Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 3:36 PM UTC

xxwink wrote: post #16

Moltbook might have been a fad. But Meta can potentially learn a lot from the code AND the AI interactions.

The AI interactions? It was proven that it was fake. Mostly people just larping as AI.

#20

Post by wampwampwhat » Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 3:37 PM UTC

facebook was lagging on the bot:human user ratio and they needed to scale the left side of the equation to really improve their je ne sais quoi