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✨ TikTok is Totally Bogus. Who Agrees? 🚨
- Retro Sonya
- 5 days ago
- 3 min read
Dear censorship overlords of the all-knowing clock app: Nobody cares what you think!
By Retro Sonya – Powered by Synth and Righteous Rage
🎛️💾💿🌴🌅🌐
Okay, let me just flip the switch on my neon mood light and let this righteous rant rip.
So yesterday, I was cruising through TikTok, minding my own synthwave business, right? I posted a little video—nothing wild, nothing shady. Just a heartfelt truth bomb: “I’m not selling my soul for fame.” That’s it. No conspiracies. No hot-button controversy. Just good ol’ fashioned integrity in 8-bit Technicolor. 🌈👾🎤
🧠 Big Brother is Watching… and He's Boring
Let me rewind the tape for a sec. Back when the U.S. was threatening to ban TikTok, folks were flooding over to this other platform, Red Note. It was the hot new dance floor—until we found out you couldn’t say anything there unless it was sunshine, puppies, and government-approved kittens. 🐶🌞
No jokes. No depth. Even some dude was begging me not to report him, afraid he’d get yeeted off the app—or worse—because of “community standards.” Yikes. 😬
And now TikTok feels like it’s plugged into the same lame circuit board.
🌀 The Algorithm Wipeout—What the Flux?
Here's the part that really fries my motherboard: I was putting in the work.
Uploading three quality videos a day like clockwork, just as the experts suggest in order to grow your audience. All while posting about topics that actually mean something. For example:
📼 Gen X / Millennial culture.
🎓 Don’t give up on education just because it’s not trendy anymore.
👧 Childhood stories from the radical 80s.
And lastly: ✝️ The gospel of Jesus should never be politicized.
At first, it was working! Numbers were climbing—thousands of views, real traction.
Then BAM 💥—after posting that "the gospel shouldn’t be politicized", my views nosedived down to 4 to 14 views per vid. Like... what’s the damage, dude??
Now I’m just sitting here like, "Is there someone behind the digital curtain pushing the self-destruct button on my growth?"
Because it all crashed before I even got hit with a strike.
Here I am, pouring into this platform, creating three pieces of content a day, vibing with the community, engaging like a retro warrior... and it all gets vaporized? That’s a major bummer.
🚫 Shadowbans & Soul Strikes
TikTok used to be my jam. Like, THE spot.
I built my channel from the ground up since 2020, pixel by pixel. But now? They want to give me a strike for saying I stand with God and purpose over fame and fluff?
No lies. No drama. Just truth—glowing in synthwave colors. And now they wanna vaporize my voice?
Nuh-uh. That doesn’t fly in my DeLorean.
💾 Gen X Activated — Turbo Mode Engaged 💥
We’re the original rebels, baby. Born with analog grit and digital vision. You can't tell Gen Xers what to say and expect us to smile while you're pressing mute.
We had walkmans, cassette tapes, and attitude before cancel culture could spell “algorithm.”
So yeah... Bye TikTok.
You messed with the wrong pixel warrior.
✅ Solutions for the Digitally Disillusioned
Alright, enough glitching. Let’s hit the reboot button. Here's how to keep your voice loud, confident, and future-proofed:
💡 1. Go Decentralized
Look into platforms like Odysee, Rumble, or Minds. They run on blockchain and give you a lot more freedom to express without being laser-beamed by bots.
💡 2. Own Your Platform
Start a blog or newsletter. That way, nobody can pull the plug on your content. Your message, your turf, your rules. Bonus points for neon headers and VHS fonts.
💡 3. Multistream Like a Maverick
Don't rely on just one app. Use tools like Restream or StreamYard to push your content across multiple platforms in one go. Diversify your digital street cred.
💡 4. Build a Synthwave Tribe
Start a private Discord or community hub where like-minded folks can vibe with your content without fear of being zapped for "wrong think."
💡 5. Get Your Message in Motion
Turn your content into music, art, or animation. The more creative your delivery, the harder it is for cookie-cutter censorship to touch it.
🎶 Final Thought from the Neon Streets
Freedom of thought isn’t a trend. It’s not a filter. It’s the backbeat of human expression—and no app gets to remix that.
To everyone who’s had enough of digital censorship dressed up in corporate gloss:Don’t give up.Don’t sell out.Keep shining in your own radiant hue.
🔥 We were born analog…And we’ll stay real, even in a pixel-perfect world.
🕹️ Stay rad. Stay true. Stay lit in the light of truth. Be sure to sign up below for more, and get two free 80s-inspired songs written by me! Catch you on the flip side, legends!
—Retro Sonya
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