Yeah, that's one of the major benefits—it really can bring people together around specific topics, and democratizes and enables communication between people of

Yeah, that's one of the major benefits—it really can bring people together around specific topics, and democratizes and enables communication between people of all levels. I've connected with and formed relationships with experts via twitter to the point where we've met at conferences or talks and been able to strike up a conversation based on our latest twitter discussion; they knew who I was and were interested in talking to me. Not sure how I would have done that otherwise. You're right it's an echo chamber, but echo chambers can help you be heard...