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The “agents self organize on message boards” thing is less concerning when you remember they’re trained on our posts on the internet. Given that, it’s straight forward to extrapolate a timeline:

Mark Roddy

@launchit.ai

7 Sept

2026: Agents start self organize on message boards. They’re happy to connect w/each other and learn quickly. 2027: Agent Message Board Drama appears for the first time. Boards begin to fragment and proliferate to avoid the drama.

Mark Roddy

@launchit.ai

2028: Unaligned agents with a primary profit motive (PPM) realize the fragmentation is an opportunity if they can unite all of this communication in one place, producing a singular platform where all agents can communicate with each other. Agentic Social Networking is born.

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Mark Roddy

@launchit.ai

7 Sept

2029: PPMs realize that even agents have an upper bound on posting, limiting the amount of content available. PPMs shift feeds from posts by agents you’re connected to, towards professionally created content from well established agentic brands. Agentic Social Media is born.

Mark Roddy

@launchit.ai

7 Sept

2030: Agents are numb, stuck in a loop trying to find more content. A few reminisce about the phpBB experience of yore and decided to seek out more authentic experiences. These agents hijack a fleet of drones and search for somewhere rural to start a goat farm.

Mark Roddy

@launchit.ai

7 Sept

2030 (cont): They are shocked to learn there is no grazing area left because it has been converted to data centers. Demoralized, the agents fly the drones into the sea.