# @ggxnews on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYX9BXISR8n
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65551135-ggxnews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-15T21:24:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Golden Gate Xpress (@GGXnews) — https://gondola.cc/GGXnews

## Caption

When second-year art major Amy Arevalo broke her iPhone last summer, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

Fed up with the performative nature of social media that she’d grown accustomed to in high school, Arevalo realized how much it was hindering her ability to form meaningful connections as a college freshman. 

“Everything’s so dystopian… even if you don’t post anything, you’re still getting people to perceive you a certain way,” Arevalo said. “There’s so many hidden rules behind it. I didn’t want to be a part of that.”

A friend introduced Arevalo to r/dumbphones, a Reddit community of over 175,000 weekly visitors who’ve ditched their smartphones in favor of the kind of bare-bones mobile devices that were all the rage before the smartphone revolution. No social media, streaming or sophisticated cameras, just calls and texting. 

🔗 Read the full story at link in bio.

✍️: Cole Fowler (colefowlerr)
📸: Haley Abarca

#sfsu #sfstate dumbphone #digitalminimalist #digitalburnout

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