No. It means that a communicative "thread" is woven between participants such that each contributes to the whole and gains "something of intellectual interest" from the participation. It should not operate as a platform for an uncommunicative or incompetent self-seeker, nor should it be a substitute for therapeutic social chatter which might be found in a barber's shop or a geriatric lounge.

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