How It Works
Everything you need to know about GridGather, from signing up to running a Region or Venue as a team across the Hypergrid.
All times on GridGather are shown in Grid Time (SLT), which is Pacific Time and the standard for OpenSimulator events.
What is GridGather?
GridGather is the social home of OpenSimulator and the Hypergrid. List the places you've built and the events you host, share what's happening, and find the party, wherever it is on the metaverse. DJs, venue owners, builders, explorers: everyone gathers here.
The Main Feed
Posts, pictures and shout-outs from across the Hypergrid, all on the front page
Regions
Give your sim its own public page, photo feed, likes and live visitor count
Venues
Clubs, stages and stores with an event calendar and an in-world Gate board
Events
Post and discover events across the entire Hypergrid
Collaborators
Run a Region or Venue as a team, and never share a password
The Beacon 🔆
Your notifications: likes, comments, invites, @mentions and reminders
GatherChat
Live chat with the whole community, right on the Main Feed
Friends & Following
Add friends, follow the builders and DJs you love, and see your friends on your profile
Private Messages
One-to-one conversations with text, links and photos, from the envelope next to the Beacon
Hottest Right Now
Live head counts show where the crowd is at this moment
Region or Venue?
A Region is a place to explore. A Venue is a place where things happen.
A Region is a whole sim on the Hypergrid: the land, the build, the scenery. List it so explorers can find it, like it, review it, and hop straight in. Regions get a public profile page, a photo feed built from your posts, live visitor counts from your GatherPoints, and can be Featured on the Main Feed.
A Venue is a spot where things happen: a club, a stage, a store, a theater. It often sits on a single parcel. List it so people can find your events. Venues carry your event calendar, show live attendance, and can run a Gate board that shows your upcoming events in-world, just like GateCrashers always has.
Which should I list?
| Your situation | List it as |
|---|---|
| I built a gorgeous scenic sim that people should explore | A Region |
| I run a dance club or music venue | A Venue |
| I rent a parcel and host shows there | A Venue |
| I own a sim, and there's a club on one parcel of it | Both: the sim as a Region, the club as a Venue |
| I run a store or a mall | A Venue (or a Region if the whole sim is the mall) |
| I offer free homes, a sandbox, or a roleplay sim | A Region |
| I'm a DJ or performer who plays at other people's venues | Neither: ask the Venue's owner to make you a Collaborator |
Why we keep them separate
Someone browsing Regions wants beautiful places to explore, not a list of dance clubs. Someone checking tonight's events wants the party, not a landscape. Keeping the two lists apart keeps each one useful. When you own both, they work together.
Music venues are Venues
Even if your club fills a whole sim, list the club as a Venue so your events, your Gate board and your attendance all live in one place. If the sim itself is worth exploring, list it as a Region too.
Creating Your Account
Go to gridgather.net and click Sign Up Free
Registration is free and takes less than a minute.
Fill in your account details
Choose a display name, enter your email, and set a password (minimum 8 characters).
Neverworld Grid resident? Verify your avatar
In Account Settings, verify your NWG avatar once and you get the NWG plan: everything in Gold, free.
You're in!
Head to your Dashboard to list a Region or Venue, post an event, or say hi on the Main Feed.
Your Profile
Your profile is your home on GridGather: your picture, banner, bio, and every post you make.
Click your name in the top bar → My Profile
Add a profile photo and a banner. Square photos work best for the avatar picture.
Tell people about yourself
Add a bio, a favourite quote, your interests and a website. All optional.
Post!
Posts you make on your profile appear there, and can be shared to the Main Feed.
The Main Feed
The Main Feed is GridGather's front page, where the whole Hypergrid shows what it's up to.
Where posts come from
You post on your profile or on a Region you own or help run. The post always stays where you made it.
Sharing to the Feed
Tick Share to Main Feed and the post also appears on the front page. That uses one of your monthly shares.
React & comment
React with emoji, comment, and reply. The person who posted gets a Beacon.
The Featured card
A gold card at the top shows Featured Regions. Silver, Gold, NWG and Diamond plans can feature Regions every 30 days.
🌐 360° snapshots
Press 360° when you post and add a 360 snapshot from your viewer (in Firestorm: Avatar → 360 Snapshot). Everyone can drag to look all the way around, zoom in, and go full screen.
Add a short description so people know where they're standing, and an optional thumbnail for the preview.
▶ YouTube videos
Paste a YouTube link into a post and it shows the video's thumbnail with a play button. Press play and it plays right there in the Feed.
The YouTube player only loads when someone presses play, in YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode.
Registering a Venue
Venues are for events: clubs, stages, stores and theaters. Register yours to post events, show live attendance, and run a Gate board.
Go to Dashboard → Add Venue
Click the + Add Venue button on your dashboard.
Upload a venue photo (required)
Widescreen (16:9) works best. PNG or JPG.
Enter your venue details
Venue name, grid, region name, and the HyperGrid hop address so visitors can teleport straight to you.
Click Register Venue
Your Venue goes live, and its Venue key appears on the Venue's dashboard page. You'll paste that key into your Gate board.
Registering a Region
A Region is your sim on the Hypergrid, and GridGather gives it a permanent public home that explorers can find, like and review, whether or not you ever host an event there.
Go to Dashboard → Add Region
Click the + Add Region button on your dashboard.
Upload a region photo (required)
A great landscape shot works perfectly. Widescreen (16:9) recommended.
Enter your region details
Region name, grid, category, rating, hop address, and a description of what makes it special.
Click Register Region
Your Region gets its own public page with a Region feed. Pictures you post there build its photo carousel automatically.
Add GatherPoints
On your Region's GatherPoints tab, add a GatherPoint and copy its key into a Gate board in-world. It reports your live visitor count, and its position becomes the landing spot for Hop links.
Your Gate Board In-World
One free in-world board does both jobs. What it shows depends on the key you give it and two settings in its menu. Everything GateCrashers boards did still works.
🎵 At a Venue (club, stage, shop)
Paste your Venue key (a GatherPoint key works too). Set Count to Parcel and Display to Events.
The board shows Venue Events, your own upcoming shows, at the top, with GridGather's upcoming events across the Hypergrid below. Your head count powers Hottest Right Now.
🏝️ On a Region
Paste a GatherPoint key. Set Count to Region to count everyone on the sim.
Display: Regions shows the GridGather region list with touch-to-teleport. Display: Events shows events happening on your Region at the top, then the global feed.
| Setting | Choices | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Count | Region · Parcel · Proximity | Region = the whole sim. Parcel = just your parcel (best for venues). Proximity = everyone within a radius you pick. |
| Display | Events · Regions | Events (default) = your events on top, then the global feed. Regions = the region list with touch-to-teleport. |
| Teleport | Map · Direct | Map (default) opens the world map at the destination and works everywhere. Direct teleports instantly on grids that allow it. |
Get your free board
Pick one up at the NWG Welcome Region or the NW Marketplace on Neverworld Grid.
Hop to NWG Welcome RegionRez it somewhere visible
Near the entrance works great. On a Region, the board's spot becomes the landing point for Hop links.
Touch it → Settings → Enter Key
Paste your key and submit. Only the owner sees Settings.
Pick Count, Display and Teleport
Use the table above. You can change them any time.
Watch it go online
The board shows ★ ONLINE and starts showing events.
Updating Your Boards
Rez the GridGather Updater in the region where your boards are. It finds every GridGather board you own in that region and installs the newest script.
You must own the boards, and the Updater must be in the same region, so use one Updater per region. Boards older than v10 need the new script dropped in by hand once; after that, the Updater takes care of them.
Gather Event Broadcaster (GEB)
The Gather Event Broadcaster is a big in-world display showing upcoming events from across the Hypergrid, updated automatically.
Anyone can rez a GEB board. Touch it, go to Settings → Enter Key, and paste the Public GEB Key below.
🔑 Public GEB Key
Paste this into any GEB board to show every GridGather event:
9e6c5132eb1541ebbca7aec5b1ac2632💎 Diamond: your grid first
Diamond members create private GEB keys from their Dashboard. A private key shows your grid's events at the top of the board, followed by the global feed. Private keys stop working if you leave Diamond.
Posting Events
Go to Dashboard → Post New Event
Or click + Create Event on your Venue page to fill in the venue details for you.
Upload your event flyer (required)
Every event needs a flyer. It's what catches the eye. Widescreen (16:9) recommended.
Fill in the details
Title, description, category (DJ Set, Live Music, Dance, Social, Roleplay and more).
Pick a Venue
Choose one of your Venues, or one you're a Collaborator on, and the location fills itself in. Or type a location by hand.
Set the date and time in SLT
All times are Grid Time (SLT, Pacific Time).
Click Publish Event
It goes live right away on the calendar, the Venue page and its Gate board.
Recurring Events
Every plan can make recurring events, so you never have to re-post your weekly show.
Repeat options:
Collaborators
Run it as a team. Never share a password again.
In virtual worlds, "just give me your password so I can post the flyer" is how accounts get lost, hijacked, or locked out. GridGather Collaborators end that for good.
Invite your DJ, your manager, your builder, or your best friend to your Region or Venue. They post under their own account, with their own name and face on every post, and you never hand over your login.
One role, no ranks. You are the Owner. Everyone you invite is a Collaborator, and every Collaborator can do the same things.
✅ What a Collaborator can do
On a Region: post to the Region's feed. Their photos join the Region's carousel.
On a Venue:post events, which show on the Venue page, its Gate board and the calendar. Those events use the Owner's event limit, not theirs.
Share to the Main Feed using the Owner's shares. A Free friend can promote your Region all month at no cost to themselves.
🔒 What stays yours
Your account, your password and your settings. Collaborators can't change your Region or Venue details, delete it, or touch your billing.
The final say. Remove any Collaborator post from your Region, and that also ends their collaboration. Collaborators can leave any time, too.
Open your Region or Venue → Collaborators tab
From your Dashboard.
Type their avatar name and pick them
They need a GridGather account, on any plan, Free included.
They accept from their Beacon 🔆
The invitation arrives in their Beacon with Accept and Decline buttons.
Done
Your Region or Venue now shows up for them whenever they post.
How many? (depends on the Owner's plan)
Real examples
Sarah (Gold) owns Moonlit Bay and invites Harry(Free), who takes the photos. His sunset shots fill the Region's carousel and go out on the Main Feed using Sarah's shares.
Club Neon(Diamond) has five DJs. Each one posts their own sets to the club's calendar and Gate board, and nobody knows the owner's password.
The Beacon & GatherChat
🔆 The Beacon
Your notification bell, at the top of every page. It lights up when:
- someone reacts to or comments on your post, or replies to your comment
- someone likes your Region, or a Collaborator posts on it
- you're invited to collaborate, or an invite is accepted or declined
- someone sends you a friend request (with Accept and Decline), or accepts yours
- someone @mentions you in GatherChat
- a recurring event is about to end (with a Renew button)
Click a notification to jump straight to it. Similar ones are grouped, so twenty likes show as one line.
New private messages light up the envelope ✉️ next to the Beacon instead.
💬 GatherChat
The live chat in the right rail of the Main Feed (and the chat button on phones). Say hi, ask where the party is, share a hop.
Type @ and a name to mention someone, and they get a Beacon.
Moderators and Admins can delete messages and mute anyone who breaks the community rules.
Discovering Events & Places
Hottest Right Now 🔥
Live head counts from Gate boards. See where the crowd is!
Featured Regions ⭐
The gold card at the top of the Main Feed
Like Events ❤️
Show your love and help others find the best events
Bookmark Venues 🔖
Save favourite venues for one-click hops
The Event Calendar
Browse every upcoming event three ways.
Daily
Full event cards with flyers for the day
Weekly ⭐ Default
7-day view with colour-coded event pills
Monthly
The whole month at a glance, great for planning
Likes & Bookmarks
❤️ Event likes
Tap the heart on any event. The count shows on every event card, helping others find the best ones. Diamond members also get liked events in their personal calendar feed.
💜 Region likes
Like a Region from its page. It helps the best destinations rise, and the owner gets a Beacon saying you love what they built.
🔖 Venue bookmarks
Bookmark any venue to save it in My Bookmarks, with live status and one-click Copy Hop.
Spotlight Ads
Put your club, store or grid in front of the community. Spotlight ads come from GridGather members and appear on the Main Feed, Regions, Venues, Events and the Calendar, rotating fairly with other advertisers.
7 Days · $1.00
A short burst, perfect for one event
Most Popular
30 Days · $3.00
A monthly campaign for venues and services
90 Days · $5.00
Best value for long-term promotion
Create ads from My Ads. Every ad is reviewed, usually within 24 hours, and your days start when it's approved, not when you pay.
Diamond members get 3 free 30-day ads every 30 days. If we decline a paid ad, you get a full refund; once an ad is approved and running, it's not refundable.
Who sees ads: visitors and Free members see them everywhere; Silver sees them only on Venues, Events and the Calendar; Gold, Diamond and NWG see none.
Hypergrid Integration
GridGather plugs into the wider OpenSimulator world through standard feeds.
w4os / WordPress
Use as your Events Server URL in w4os to show GridGather events on your WordPress site.
https://gridgather.net/api/events.json2Do Event Boards
Works with 2Do in-world event boards.
https://gridgather.net/api/events.lsl2Public calendar feed (free for everyone)
Subscribe in Google, Apple or Outlook Calendar.
https://gridgather.net/api/events.ics💎 Personal calendar feed (Diamond)
A private link with your own events and the events you've liked. Find it in Account Settings.
Plans in Plain Words
| Plan | Price | Regions | Venues | Active events | Feed shares* | Collaborators | Featured* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Silver | $2/mo | 15 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Gold | $3/mo | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | 30 | 3 | 3 |
| Diamond | $30/yr | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | 5 | 4 |
| NWG | Free for NWG | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | 30 | 3 | 3 |
*Every 30 days. Diamond also gets GEB keys, a personal calendar feed, API access and 3 free ads every 30 days.
The 30-day refill
Shares, Featured Regions and Ad Credits refill every 30 days, counted from the day your plan started, not the 1st of the month. Unused ones don't carry over.
Ad-free
Gold, Diamond and NWG see no ads anywhere. Silver sees ads only on the Venues, Events and Calendar pages.
Billing
Subscriptions renew automatically through PayPal: monthly for Silver and Gold, yearly for Diamond. Cancel any time in PayPal and you keep your plan until the end of the period you've paid for. There's no pro-rating or partial refund.
Hitting a limit
If you try to add a Region, Venue or event your plan doesn't have room for, it isn't listed. Instead, GridGather shows what your plan allows and how to upgrade. Nothing you already have is deleted.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to share my password with my team?
No! Never. Make them Collaborators on your Region or Venue. They post with their own account, and you can remove them with one click.
What's the difference between a Region and a Venue?
A Region is a whole sim to explore: it gets a public page, a photo feed, likes and visitor counts. A Venue is a place where events happen, like a club, stage or store: it gets an event calendar and an in-world Gate board. See "Region or Venue?" at the top of this page.
Can I list the same place as both?
Yes, when it's both. List the sim as a Region so explorers find it, and list the club on it as a Venue so your events have a home.
Do I need a Gate board to post events?
No. You can post events by typing in the location. A Gate board adds live head counts and shows your events in-world.
What happens when a Collaborator posts an event?
It appears at your Venue with their name on it, and it uses your plan's event limit. Remove a Collaborator any time from the Venue's Collaborators tab.
How do recurring events work?
Pick Daily, Weekly, Every 2 Weeks or Monthly. The event runs for 6 months; a week before the end, your Beacon offers a one-click Renew.
What is SLT / Grid Time?
SLT is Pacific Time (US West Coast), the standard for OpenSimulator events. All times on GridGather are in SLT.
Can people from other grids use GridGather?
Absolutely. GridGather is for the whole Hypergrid. Anyone can register and list a Region, Venue or event, whatever grid they call home.
Can I upgrade or downgrade?
Yes. Pick a new plan on the Pricing page, and cancel the old one in PayPal. Moving down never deletes anything, but you can't add more until you're under the new plan's limits.
Can I stop strangers from messaging me?
Yes. In Account Settings, switch off "Allow messages from anyone" and only your friends can message you. To stop one person completely, open their profile, press ⋯ and choose Block User.
How do I post a 360° picture?
Take a 360 snapshot in your viewer (Firestorm: Avatar → 360 Snapshot, at the highest quality), then press 360° when you make a post and pick the image. Add a short description of where it was taken.
How long does ad approval take?
Usually within 24 hours, and your days start when the ad is approved. Check its status in My Ads.
Support & Community
Join our Discord
Get help, share feedback, and meet the community.
Email us
gridgather@gmail.com
Visit us in-world
Find us and a free Gate board at the NWG Welcome Region.
GridGather
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Friends & Messages
🤝 Friends
Press Add Friendon anyone's profile. They get a Beacon with Accept and Decline, and once they accept you're friends both ways.
Your friends show as avatar cards on the Friends tab of your profile. Manage requests and your friends list from Friends in the menu under your name.
Don't want requests? Switch off Allow friend requests in Account Settings. Your friends stay friends.
⭐ Following
Press Followto keep up with someone without being friends: a DJ, a builder, a venue owner. It's one way, so they don't have to follow you back, and they can't turn it off.
✉️ Private messages
Press Message on a profile, or open the envelope next to the Beacon. Each person you talk to gets one conversation with your whole history together on one page.
Send text, links, and one photo per message. Only the two of you can see a conversation.
Anyone can message you unless you switch off Allow messages from anyone in Account Settings. Then only your friends, and people you've already been talking with, can start a message.
🚫 Blocking
On someone's profile, press ⋯ then Block User. They can't message you or send you a friend request, and any friendship or follow between you is removed.
They aren't told. Unblock anyone from your Block List in the menu under your name.