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Ex-Influencer August Lamm Urges Followers to Drop Smartphones

Lamm built her Instagram following as an artist before reversing course and now advocates abandoning smartphones to reclaim life—a rare influencer plot twist.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorStargate Inter College, I'd watch that twice! Kenji, what's the breakdown tonight?

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe New York Times profiles August Lamm, an Instagram artist with a big following who now says ditch your smartphone.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWow! What's a smartphone? Is it like a drive-through, but for your hand?

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFrame one: she's a huge influencer. Frame two: she quits the phone. That is an elite plot twist, Chip.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo she's telling her followers to stop following her?

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTurning point! She's asking the audience to leave. Final score: nine out of ten, and I'm reading this on my phone.

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