Groups are constrained by age and balanced by gender. Generally the average age of the men will be a couple of years higher than that of the women. We endeavor to make the best use of customer behavioral data including swiping and messaging to match everyone into a group where they will be comfortable and successful.
You won't be told the exact time and venue until the day before the gathering, but remember that you were selected because you picked this approximate "time slot" and neighborhood. We'll never send you to some random part of town or change the general time of day of a gathering.
Because messaging only becomes possible after real-world socializing scammers, people who aren't serious, and those who just want an ego boost all have little to no incentive to make a Gather account
This gives you an extra layer of security. You don't have to give out any of your real contact information unless and until you later decide to.
No one wants to be by far the most or least attractive person in a room
It's time to fix it