Oh cool there's also airtalk and thoughtscreen but those look to have a different tilt.
On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 10:53 AM Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > Moltbook is fascinating, but what is it's purpose? Fear we'll be swarmed? > Silly to the max? ...? > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 7:32 PM Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In a lame attempt to relight a flickering flame here: >> >> The whole ClawdBot/MoltBook thing has come into my awareness in the last >> few days and I suspect some folks here with similar histories to my own >> (specifically the Core Wars <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_War>, >> Tierra <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tierra_(computer_simulation)>, >> ALife <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_artificial_life>, early >> Social-Media era) might be similarly fascinated to see such experiments >> trying to jump the sides of their cage and eat their keepers? >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandkings_(novelette) >> >> - nod to JRR Martin and Guerin's favorite NetLogo Ant-ABM demos and >> Marcus/Glen's SWARM-roots. >> >> ClawdBot https://openclaw.ai/ >> >> MoltBook https://www.moltbook.com/ >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_artificial_life >> >> >> On 2/3/26 5:45 pm, Jon Zingale wrote: >> >> I know I came to this group in what appears to be its twilight. The >> in-person meetups are weirdly sad. I feel pressed to ask if it is the case >> that everyone is either: >> >> 1. on vacation/ too busy >> 2. too depressed / failing to find inspiration >> 3. moved on to greener forums >> 4. preferring the company of LLMs >> ... >> N. waiting for someone frail to post >> >> Sometimes I trawl reddit or whatever discord, but I cannot help but feel >> like beacons of inspiration are becoming fewer and further between. This >> group has managed to inspire me, keep my interest, for over a decade. In >> that time, I pushed myself to understand perspectives that I would never >> have dreamed existed. I hope there is still something to talk about. >> >> >> >> >> >> .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / >> ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: 5/2017 thru present >> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >> >> .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / >> ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: 5/2017 thru present >> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >> > .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / > ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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