I'm trying to be blunt here, thus the throwaway account. This has nothing to do with Google's messenger strategy (they have none, or actually, they don't really

I'm trying to be blunt here, thus the throwaway account. This has nothing to do with Google's messenger strategy (they have none, or actually, they don't really care), it's all about employees seeking promotions by releasing a "influential" project with "impacts" to get promotions. Now all the promotions are done, what's the incentive to keep it? Here's an idea, how about automatic revocation of all promotions if your project is nixed within a year?