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LOVE VS LIKE: KOA SMITH & ‘THE SOURCE’

If you were to draw a Venn diagram with one circle for absolute chargers, and one circle for social media hustlers, Koa Smith would be contently sitting in that little wedge that crossed over.

With his latest soiree, The Source, Smith takes a gander at the ingredient list to that tasty piece of the pie he’s found himself comfortably situated in; figuring out whether curating an online persona may have led to a little dose of self-induced-loss-of-self.

“My buddy, Matthias, he told me something that resonated hard once: ‘social media, it’s a tool, but it’s a fucking sharp one, you’ve got to be careful around it.’

There’s an interesting line to draw between surfing because you love it and surfing because you have to.”

Now, Koa’s lifting the lid with some candour, as

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