It abso-fucking-lutely was to be “informative”. It first got mentioned as a direct response to this query by Procrustus:
If this were really about the whistleblower, at least some of your anger ought to be directed at Procrustus for asking about it, but I don’t think it really has much of anything to do with Ciaramella’s identity. I think it’s mostly posters mad at me and looking for an excuse to try and have me silenced.