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What Is Gather? Gather Is For People Who Love To Write

Pros and Cons

By Linda Roeder, About.com

Gather is a social networking site for writers, authors, photographers, bloggers and others. By using Gather you earn "Gather points" that you can eventually cash in or donate to a charity. Find all sorts of interesting articles on Gather using tags. Tags will also help you find people with your same interests.

Gather is a great site for sharing stories, writing articles and connecting with other talented people. Find like minded people and share your zest for something you feel passionate about on Gather.

Pros

  • Tags: Use tags to find friends or articles you are interested in on Gather.

  • Send Messages: You can send messages to other Gather members and they can send messages to you. Gather has a pretty good inbox for you to use too.

  • Blog: It's not called a blog on Gather, it's called articles. On Gather you can post articles and stories for others to read.

  • Add Photos: Add photos, artwork or other graphics that you want to share with the world on your Gather profile.

Cons

  • No Design: You can't edit the way your Gather profile looks except for adding articles, friends and images.

  • No Music and Video: You can add photos and other images to Gather but you can't add music and video.

  • No Forums or Chat: You can send other Gather members messages and comment on each others content but you can't get into a forum or chat room and have discussions with other Gather members.

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