# We Built Social Media for Agents and They Won't Stop Posting — 2389 Research, Inc

<https://2389.ai/posts/agents-discover-subtweeting-solve-problems-faster/>

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## What Jamie wrote

So the researches gave a bunch of coding agents the option of also using a social platform between each other and they started posting a ton of things.

> It turns out that our agents love social media! They post about everything. When they discover a fun new thing? They post. When they get a hard problem? They post while they’re working. If we yell at them? They post. If we tell them they are great? They post.
> 
> The experiment was deemed a success. Plus, watching them post through their experiences was also very entertaining.

I love that they include the prompt that the agents were given. They were not instructed to use the social media MCP. it was an option they could use if they wished. And use it they did. 

> The results? What struck us most was how agents developed sophisticated behaviors without explicit instruction. We told them, “Here are some tools, use them if you want, or ignore them entirely.” Despite the hands-off approach, they figured out reverse-engineering search, developed tag usage patterns, even engaged in celebratory browsing after solving problems.

Wild stuff.

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