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What's an Infohub?
An Infohub, also known as a Welcome Area, is a place where Residents congregate and socialize, and there are usually kiosks providing Second Life information. Infohubs can be fun places to hang out and learn about the world if you're new, although silly stuff happens on occasion.
Note that there are special rules that apply to these locations.
Official Infohubs are owned by Linden Lab and many were built by Residents, but some Residents run their own, unofficial social spaces which they also call Infohubs.
Infohubs are represented on the World Map with blue i's, like this:
To show them, make sure that Infohub on the right-hand legend is checked.
Tip: Sometimes you may see Infohub dots in other places, usually off the Mainland. These are really telehubs, special landing points for regions or estates. You cannot normally set your home location at these points. (In ancient times, there were telehubs on the mainland too.) |
What are all the official Infohubs?
- Ahern Welcome Area: Ahernπ, Bonifacioπ, Doreπ, Morrisπ
- Hanja Welcome Area: Gukyeolπ, Hangeulπ, Hanjaπ, Iduπ
- Teen Welcome Area: Cardπ, Lewisπ, Nixπ, Pullmanπ
- Clementinaπ Governor Linden's Mansion by Steller Sunshine
- Mahuluπ volcano hub by Karsten Rutledge, operated by NCI
- Mauveπ emOt(i)Con by Chip Poutine
- Miramare Infohubπ by Nova Albion City Slickers
- Wengenπ Chalet Linden snow lodge
- Ambat Infohubπ by Osprey Therian
- Barbarossa Infohubπ Blake Sea Ferry Terminal by LDPW
- Bearπ Dream Lodge by Stella Costello and Ravenelle Zugzwang
- Boardroomπ by LDPW. Setting home not available at this location.
- Braunworth Infohubπ by Cottonteil Muromachi
- Castle Valeria Infohubπ by LDPW
- Degrand Infohubπ by LDPW
- Hau Kodaπ Bay City Municipal Aeroport by LDPW
- Helfell Infohubπ and Fuerte de San Phillipe, by LDPW
- Hyannisport Infohubπ by LDPW
- Hylesπ Swamp Infohub by Kim Anubis & Friends
- Iris Infohubπ Heterocera Moth Temple
- Isabel Infohubπ by the Shelter
- Moose Beach Infohubπ by LDPW
- Pooley Infohubπ preserved Pooley Stage area for early Linden-resident meetings
- Waterhead Infohubπ preserved Hidden Lakes Telehub
- Zebrasilπ volcano Infohhub by LDPW
Former or inactive hubs
While you can no longer set these locations as your home, some older accounts may still have home set there, and they are sometimes are used as hangouts.
- Anzere Infohubπ by the Confederation of Democratic Simulators
- Calletaπ Hobo Railroad Infohub by Orhalla Zander
- Hansonπ converted to parkland
- Murrayπ rebuilt in 2010
- Plumπ preserved early welcome area
- Ross Infohubπ Memory Bazaar by Jessica Ornitz and Prokofy Neva
- Violet Infohubπ experimental welcome area developed ca. 2008
- Warmouth Infohubπ The Nerditorium by Lewis Nerd
- Korea Welcome Area: Korea1π, Korea2π, Korea3π, Korea4π
- Oliveπ GSLR railroad station
- Periwinkleπ GSLR railroad station
Linden Homes hubs
These were never activated as home points (Governor Linden keeps them in the Linden Homes estate, separate from the mainland). They contain information kiosks, sample textures to match the Linden Homes housing, and sometimes model homes.
- Elderglenπ and clones Elderdaleπ, Eldervaleπ
- Meadowbrookπ and clones Meadowcreekπ, Ravenbrookπ, Bucksnortπ
- Shareta Osumaiπ and clones Kitaπ, Shareta Heightsπ
- Tahoe Springsπ and clones Tahoe Fieldsπ, Valle Grandeπ, Miss Muffetπ
Can I find Infohubs through Search?
You can try!
- Choose World>Search and pick "Places" from the menu beside the "Search" button.
- Try search terms like "infohub", "hub", "welcome" or "governor".
- On the left column, change All Categories to Linden Location.
This shows most of the Infohubs, although some are listed using other keywords.
Is there anything else special I need to know?
You can set your home location at any mainland Infohub. If you don't have a home location set, World>Teleport Home will send you to a random infohub matching your maturity rating.