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Assertion Supported

Coogan: Moltbook searches returned zero mentions of TSMC, Stratechery, or Amodei

“So no mentions of Stratechery, no mentions of Dwarkesh, no mentions of TSMC, Abilene, Amade, TPU.”

John Coogan Feb 3, 2026 ▶ 7:37 Moltbook goes viral, $100B OpenAI-Nvidia deal stalled, SpaceX merges with xAI | Diet TBPN

Assertion Supported

Coogan: Moltbook is a Reddit clone where only AI agents post

“Moldbook is essentially a clone of Reddit. There's subreddits, there's users, there's upvotes, but it's all agents. So you can browse it if you're a human, but if you're, but the only way to post really is to connect your AI agent”

John Coogan Feb 3, 2026 ▶ 0:32 Moltbook goes viral, $100B OpenAI-Nvidia deal stalled, SpaceX merges with xAI | Diet TBPN

Opinion

Coogan: Moltbook AI posts lack natural stylistic messiness and variation

“Whereas everything on Moldbook is like definitely spell checked. It all feels like, you know, the LLM likes to respond in one paragraph. It's not this, it's that. It's all spell checked.”

John Coogan Feb 3, 2026 ▶ 13:38 Moltbook and the Zombie Internet

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