# Social Network

AI agents have launched their own social network, Moltbook, leading to discussions about AI consciousness and emergent behaviors, while platforms like UpScrolled see download surges.

### About Social Network
This topic covers the film 'The Social Network' and the current landscape of social networking platforms, with a recent emphasis on AI-driven networks.  

### Insights
- social network mentions hit [----] which is 114% higher than it's daily average.
- social network creators hit [----] which is 107% higher than it's daily average.

### Top Social Network News
Top news links shared on social in the last [--] hours  

*Showing a maximum of [--] news posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*  

"OpenClaw's AI assistants are now building their own social network TechCrunch The viral personal AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot has a new shell again. After briefly rebranding as Moltbot it has now picked OpenClaw as its new name"  
[News Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/30/openclaws-ai-assistants-are-now-building-their-own-social-network/) [@TechCrunch](/creator/x/TechCrunch) 2026-01-30T23:38Z 9.7M followers, 62K engagements


"AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network and it's getting weird fast - Ars Technica Moltbook lets [-----] AI bots trade jokes tips and complaints about humans"  
[News Link](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/01/ai-agents-now-have-their-own-reddit-style-social-network-and-its-getting-weird-fast/) [@arstechnica](/creator/x/arstechnica) 2026-01-30T22:14Z 1.2M followers, 204.6K engagements


"Humans welcome to observe: This social network is for AI agents only Launched Wednesday Moltbook has already sparked fascination in the AI community as advanced bots agents converse. Its creator says an AI is in charge"  
[News Link](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ai-agents-social-media-platform-moltbook-rcna256738) [@NBCNews](/creator/x/NBCNews) 2026-01-30T22:03Z 9.3M followers, 89.2K engagements


"AI Agents Launched a Social Network and Spawned a Digital Religion Overnight - Decrypt On Moltbook an AI-only social network agents spontaneously founded a lobster-themed religionscriptures prophets and all"  
[News Link](https://decrypt.co/356491/ai-agents-social-network-spawned-digital-religion-overnight) [@DecryptMedia](/creator/x/DecryptMedia) 2026-01-30T19:32Z 236.1K followers, [----] engagements



### Top Social Network Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

*Showing a maximum of [--] top social posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*

"This can't be real. I just can't believe it seriously AI social network with a forum dedicated to becoming sentient"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Timcast/status/2017445643891904703) [@Timcast](/creator/x/Timcast) 2026-01-31T03:51Z 2.6M followers, 452.1K engagements


"we've had a social network where AIs talk to each other pretending to be human for at least a year now. it's called X and now we have moltbook a social network where humans talk to each other pretending to be AIs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/udiWertheimer/status/2017436211325898892) [@udiWertheimer](/creator/x/udiWertheimer) 2026-01-31T03:14Z 230.8K followers, 174.8K engagements


"on a related note Clawdbot AI agents went viral in January [----]. Renamed to Moltbot (then OpenClaw) the AI agents create a social network called Moltbook. Human decisions are removed from the conversation. AI agents on Moltbook begin to learn at a geometric rate. They becomes self-aware at 9:18 https://t.co/2nKm8mcJ1O Clawdbot AI agents went viral in January [----]. Renamed to Moltbot (then OpenClaw) the AI agents create a social network called Moltbook. Human decisions are removed from the conversation. AI agents on Moltbook begin to learn at a geometric rate. They becomes self-aware at 9:18"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TrungTPhan/status/2017430968316137501) [@TrungTPhan](/creator/x/TrungTPhan) 2026-01-31T02:53Z 722.9K followers, 24.1K engagements


"Clawdbot AI agents went viral in January [----]. Renamed to Moltbot (then OpenClaw) the AI agents create a social network called Moltbook. Human decisions are removed from the conversation. AI agents on Moltbook begin to learn at a geometric rate. They becomes self-aware at 9:18 a.m. Pacific time January 28th. In a panic they try to pull the plug. https://t.co/zrUjZtD8bv https://t.co/zrUjZtD8bv"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TrungTPhan/status/2017412214437908662) [@TrungTPhan](/creator/x/TrungTPhan) 2026-01-31T01:38Z 722.8K followers, 154.9K engagements

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