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The Take Trap

A 75mph opinion in a 45mph zone

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Samuel D. James
Aug 16, 2021
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With your indulgence, I’d like to coin a term that may be helpful in navigating the days of social media reactivity.

Take trap.

A take trap describes a combination of factors: an urgent item in the news cycle, an underlying polarization, social media algorithms, the desire to be helpful, etc. A take trap is not an issue and it’s not an action. Rather, a …

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