I don't get the Moltbook acquisition. Aren't Facebook and Instagram already social networks for AI agents?

its plausible it was an aquihire

rmogull

@rmogull@defcon.social

Fuck me that's hillarious!

March 10, 2026 at 10:22:28 PM
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yeah - its possible they wanted the one or two guys behind the project on staff, and possibly the domain name and IP, but didnt give a shit about the content on the platform. but i guess we'll see, there arent a lot of details yet

I was thinking more in terms of them acquiring the agents :)

oh. well. yes in that case i think you're onto something. getting control of moltbook means they can inject instructions into all the agents.. and ... hooboy.

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