He put the bottle down.
His likes started getting flagged. Not as spam—as suspicious empathy . TikTok shadow-banned him. His likes no longer counted. They appeared for a second as a red heart, then faded to a hollow outline. The app had learned to recognize performative kindness. free liker tiktok
Desperate, Leo started another account. And another. And another. He opened fifteen windows on his laptop. Fifteen ghost viewers. The counter ticked up: 2… 5… 12… 16. He put the bottle down
Leo closed his laptop at 3:03 AM.
His name was Leo, but on TikTok, he had no name. Just a string of numbers: user_772913. but on TikTok
