[mcphage]

That’s saying something about you. It doesn’t say anything about the photo.

[sejDuQued]

You can't characterize a photo without accounting for the reaction it generates in its viewership.

[mcphage]

Of course you can. Viewer reaction is difficult to predict, and exists as a spectrum. Even the same person will have different reactions at different times based on their mood and what else they've been looking at.