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Going by how insanely viral OpenClaw has been on X, I don’t think any of the stars were bought
by spaceman_2020 8mo ago
Going by how insanely viral OpenClaw has been on X, I don’t think any of the stars were bought
- bananaboy 8mo agoThere were some comments somewhere below about that virality being bought though. I don't know how true that is or where those commenters got their information. If you look at google trends though there is practically no mention of ClawdBot before around January 23, even though the project was released in November.
- aixpert 8mo agohe likely poured oil into the flame investing a few hundred bucks to double the virality
- spaceman_2020 8mo agoand according to HN, somehow that's a bad thing? Like making your own project more popular and successful using your own resources is...bad?
- bogtap82 8mo agoIt was renamed many times. It was also called "clawdis" at one point, and prior to that "warelay," when it was simply a Whatsapp gateway for Claude Code. It was already gaining some momentum at that point but wouldn't reflect as search results for "Clawdbot," and especially wouldn't be visible on Google Trends when most of the conversation was on X/Github.
- dieortin 8mo agoEven if the conversation was on other sites, people would still search for it.
- imiric 8mo agoFake engagement doesn't need to be bought anymore. This person created a bot factory. It's safe to assume that most of the engagement is coming from his own creation. This includes tweets, GitHub stars, issues and PRs, and everything else. He made a social network for bots, FFS. He contributed to the dead internet more than any single person ever. And is being celebrated for it. Wild times.