You have scoped the work and shipped the first version, and you are feeling cautiously optimistic. Then the familiar pattern plays out. Slack messages roll in. Someone from sales shares feedback from a customer who barely touched the feature. An engineering manager forwards a screenshot from a dashboard with low early usage. A leader asks casually in passing, “How is the new launch doing?” Suddenly the ground feels uneven. Every new datapoint, every comment, every stray remark starts to feel like a verdict.