Using Gatherist

Public versus private group

Anybody can see a group’s name, picture, description, location, and number of members. However, private groups will not appear for non-members when searching or as a suggested group. A non-member can visit a private group page link directly in order to join.

Private groups will additionally hide their events from non-members.

The following group details are hidden to non-members:

List of members (except for admins and organizers).
Group messages.
Event attendees and messages.

Regardless of whether a group is public or private, only event attendees can see:

The exact event location.

Open versus closed group

When people join a closed group, an admin must approve them before they can join. For open groups, anybody can join. Admins can always ban users.

Gatherist notification levels

You will receive a notification for:

None: no notifications from Gatherist at all.
Announcements only: important Gatherist announcements and group and event notifications per above.
Default: Above plus messages from your connections.
Everything: Above plus occasional messages about new groups and events in your area.

Group and event notification levels

The “Announcements only” setting will only notify you for:

a group welcome message when first signing up.
group deleted.
group messages marked important by an organizer or admin.
event messages marked important by a host.
event you are attending is canceled or has a time or location change.

The “Default” setting will notify for everything listed above, plus:

your group membership was changed.
your RSVP to an event was changed, e.g. moved off the wait list.
an event you are attending was updated.
(only for group admins) a member is waiting for approval.

The “Everything” setting will notify you for every listed above, plus:

group you are a member of was updated.
all group messages.
an event was updated that you are not attending but is in one of your groups.
event created in one of your groups.
all event messages.

Event wait list

The event host can set an attendee limit. They do this at their own descretion, but usually when a large number of people would somehow detract from the event. When the attendee limit is reached, new attendees will be put on a wait list. If you end up on the wait list please respect the event host’s wishes and only show up if a spot frees up for you. When an attendee changes their RSVP to “not going”, the first person on the wait list will be moved to “going”. If you change your own RSVP to “not going” and then later change your mind, you may end up at the end of the wait list. Event hosts and group organizers can also manually move people to or from the wait list, even over the attendee limit.

Deleting your account

You can delete your account from your profile page. This will permanently remove all of your personal information from the site, including your name, email, profile picture, the short biography you entered, and any social login information from the site. Your messages and event history will remain on the site, but will not be attributed to you. Your information may remain in database backups for up to 1 month after you delete your account.