Quote Originally Posted by Goji1639 View Post
It's not a problem for me, but I don't see the benefit to SE here.

This is basically SE announcing that they'll listen to and act on any nitpicky nonsense the community can come up with, no matter how trivial. Listening to the community is important, but so is setting boundaries.
You want to know the sort of thing setting them off? Look up image examples of trypophobia and you'll understand immediately why it's disturbing. Some people it sets off easier than others. Few things set that off in me (the previous icon did not) but I can imagine how quickly it set off some people who are really sensitive to that sort of thing. Changing it hurts nobody, and only helps SE with PR.