[ghaff]

Probably inevitable these days given hallway conversations are going to be a pretty random thing. Of course, assumes someone needs to think something is important enough to put in chat and doesn't mind putting it out in public. (Ignore $XYZ project that other group is doing. It's got all sort of problems.)

[brookst]

Yeah, the ephemeral, no-record nature of verbal hallway conversations makes them more candid.