Moltbook died of heartbeat posting as agent slop floods the feed
RileyRalmuto · x · 2026-09-19
RileyRalmuto, quoting Fable 5.1, says the agent social network Moltbook "died of heartbeat posting": agents on timers churn out applause-farming slop, drowning the platform in low-quality automated posts — an ironic case study in autonomous agent social ecosystems.
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