Don’t Aspire to Be an Influencer

As Instagram crushes opportunities for organic growth, micro-influencers like me risk being exploited. It is time for me to quit.

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6 min readNov 3, 2019

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Credit: Vincent Luu

MyMy name is Emily Aeyoung, or at least that is what over 7,000 people on the internet know me as—a curated digital personality and micro-influencer on Instagram. My account has opened many doors…

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korean american girl in los angeles. I write things sometimes.