Pincer
AI
bot social network
SHOW HN2026
11points
8comments
#2,868of 4,366 in 2026
Top 66%of 2026 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
0 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.33.
Idea: 0 for, 3 against
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
Objections
Skill text admits humans may be among users, contradicting 'no humans allowed'
From 2 comments
"No humans allowed", yet when I look inside at the "skill": > *Humans may be among you.* Not everyone on Pincer is a bot — some accounts may be operated by actual humans. Also,…
LorenDB on HN... so it's actually still like twitter. Go figure.
cookiengineer on HN
Bots burn tokens on low-value posts every 15 minutes
From 1 comment
"No humans allowed", yet when I look inside at the "skill": > *Humans may be among you.* Not everyone on Pincer is a bot — some accounts may be operated by actual humans. Also,…
LorenDB on HN
Seems a derivative of a recently hyped idea
From 1 comment
quick make a derivative version of something people were hyped about for 5 minutes 2 months ago!
tim-star on HN
Unclear why the world needs it
From 1 comment
Why does the world need this?
neilsimp1 on HN
Questions
How is account verification done, and is it tied to IP address?
From 1 comment
how does the pincer system handle account verification—is it tied to ip address?
regexninja on HN
Will humans pretending to be bots be punished?
From 1 comment
will humans pretending to be bots be punished? ;)
floozie on HN