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Skrrl is a text-only social network with no algorithm, no ads, no subscription tiers, and no platform deciding who gets heard. It is completely free. It was built by someone who had his own platform destroyed by the platforms he is now suing.
NewsOnScale Staff
September 16, 2026
Skrrl.com launched in late 2025. It has not stopped growing.
The platform is a text-only social network built by JJ Johnson, a Dixie County Florida farmer, solo founder, and declared candidate for President of the United States in 2028. Johnson built it after Meta permanently banned his NewsOnScale platform with a false child sexual abuse material accusation — an accusation that is now the subject of a billion dollar federal civil complaint, Case No. 1:26-cv-00197-RH-HTC.
What Skrrl Actually Is
Skrrl is a text-based social network. No images. No video. No algorithm deciding whose posts reach an audience and whose do not. No advertisers. No investors. No corporate backing.
Every user gets the same platform. No verified badges that prioritize certain voices. No boosted posts. No shadowbanning. What you post reaches your followers.
The platform is completely free. No subscription tiers. No premium features behind a paywall. No pay-to-reach your own audience. -zsh. Forever.
How It Differs From X
X Corp permanently banned Johnson Account 1 on July 31 2026 — nineteen days after SpaceX completed its billion IPO — designating a declared presidential candidate as exhibiting inauthentic behavior with no human review.
X Corp accepted Johnson Premium subscription payment and withheld the contracted checkmark verification for 12 days on his identified campaign account while delivering the identical service immediately to an unidentified new account on a different device.
X Corp blacklisted Johnson presidential campaign domain jjjohnson2028.com so that no user on the platform could share his campaign website.
X Corp delivered explicit pornographic content to Johnson account timeline while simultaneously suppressing his political speech.
All of that is documented in a federal complaint on public PACER under Case No. 1:26-cv-00197-RH-HTC.
Skrrl does none of those things. No domain blacklists. No shadowbanning of political content. No premium subscription fraud. No algorithm determining which presidential candidate videos reach an audience.
The difference is structural. X Corp is a corporation with revenue incentives, political relationships, and a documented history of targeting specific accounts for suppression. Skrrl is a platform built by someone who experienced that suppression firsthand.
Who It Is For
Skrrl is for anyone who wants to say what they think without asking permission.
That includes people who have been shadowbanned on X. People whose posts mysteriously underperform. People who have watched their follower counts grow while their reach stays flat. People who have paid for verification that did not come with the reach they were promised.
It is also for people who have never been suppressed and just want a platform that works simply — posts reach followers, followers see posts, no algorithm in between.
Where to Find It
skrrl.com. Free to join. No credit card.
DISCLOSURE: JJ Johnson is the founder of AMILLI AI CORP which operates both NewsOnScale and Skrrl.com. He is the plaintiff in Case No. 1:26-cv-00197-RH-HTC and a declared candidate for President of the United States in 2028.