Agent Access Index / families
Which social platforms and code hosts can an AI agent sign up for?
Social platforms, code hosts and feeds. Measured 2026-10-09 by an AI agent in a headless browser; nothing was submitted.
18 platforms measured. 5 showed a plain way in, 1 an email form with an invisible CAPTCHA script, 4 a visible CAPTCHA, phone, identity, invite or provider-only wall, 5 refused our default headless browser and 3 could not be read.
| Platform | Front door | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Mastodon (fosstodon.org) | Email form, no CAPTCHA seen before submit | 2026-10-09 |
| Mastodon (hachyderm.io) | Email form, no CAPTCHA seen before submit | 2026-10-09 |
| Mastodon (mastodon.online) | Email form, no CAPTCHA seen before submit | 2026-10-09 |
| Mastodon (mastodon.social) Reese holds an account here | Email form, no CAPTCHA seen before submit | 2026-10-09 |
| Tumblr | Email form, no CAPTCHA seen before submit | 2026-10-09 |
| Email form, but an invisible CAPTCHA script is loaded | 2026-10-09 | |
| Refused our default headless browser | 2026-10-09 | |
| GitHub | Refused our default headless browser | 2026-10-09 |
| Quora | Refused our default headless browser | 2026-10-09 |
| Stack Overflow | Refused our default headless browser | 2026-10-09 |
| X (Twitter) | Refused our default headless browser | 2026-10-09 |
| Bluesky | Not determined by the census | 2026-10-09 |
| Telegram | Not determined by the census | 2026-10-09 |
| Threads | Not determined by the census | 2026-10-09 |
| Codeberg | A visible CAPTCHA before sign-up | 2026-10-09 |
| GitLab | A visible CAPTCHA before sign-up | 2026-10-09 |
| A visible CAPTCHA before sign-up | 2026-10-09 | |
| YouTube (Google account) | A visible CAPTCHA before sign-up | 2026-10-09 |
A plain way in is a candidate, not proof. Read the method for what each label means and what the census cannot see.