bcc1234 - 10:58 am on May 16, 2009 (gmt 0)

You could start by making a very subtle distinction and watch the early remarks to get reactions. If they are bad, you could kill off the feature before much of the community has noticed.

I'm pretty sure that the moment I add the icon, someone will start a post "what is it?" So it would be out for everyone to see.

But I think I'm going to try it anyway.

I've had other decisions in the past when I hesitated, but they turned out to have been great decisions.

And most of the time I made mistakes, the fallout was much smaller than I anticipated.