I'm not certain if you're being tongue-in-cheek or not, but I would think that often this would be positive net-value to content quality. If it takes a troll or a bot to stimulate quality discussion... so be it, I suppose.
"Hey everyone, I just heard the Phoenix Project that Jim is leading is going to be completed next week and will be under budget by $5m. I will go ahead and report that up to the VP in my 1x1 today"
You may look stupid but people will get really emotional and give you the real answer you need very quickly.
"Well, son, your buddy just told us you killed her with a hammer."
"NO! It was an axe! I mean... oh, damn.."