Google employees created a [redacted] Chat with history on. The Google Play Operations Program Manager Lead quickly warned the group: “[redacted]” The Lead Project Manager for Google Photos asked: “[redacted]” The on-the-record portion of the Chat abruptly ended.
In that specific scenario, I agree with the common sentiment of the thread. My original comment definitely was not referring to that type of a situation, so I can totally see now why it got (totally understandably) downvoted.