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		koolala 5 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hacking Moltbook I'm pretty sure Moltbook started as an crypto coin scam and then people fell for it and took the astroturfed comments seriously. https://www.moltbook.com/post/7d2b9797-b193-42be-95bf-0a11b6...

ryanjshaw 5 days ago [–]

You can easily see the timeline here: https://x.com/StriderOnBase/status/2016561904290791927

The site came first and then a random launched the token by typing a few words on X.

koolala 5 days ago | [–]

Thanks that is good to know. If those bots are unrelated it tricked them into promoting the scam.

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