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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.

Official Infohubs are owned by Linden Lab and mostly 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.

What are all the official Infohubs?

1st generation

2nd generation

Can I find Infohubs through Search?

Choose Search > Places tab.
Change Any Category to Linden Location.
Search for "infohub" (it's not CaSe-sensitive).

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 Infohub.

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-An Infohub, also known as a Welcome Area, is a place where Residents congregate and socialize. Infohubs can be fun places to hang out and learn about the world if you're new to Second Life, although silly stuff happens on occasion.
+== 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.
 Official Infohubs are owned by [[Linden Lab]] and mostly built by [[Residents]], but some Residents run their own, unofficial social spaces which they also call Infohubs.
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 [[Image:kb_infohub_map.png]]
-To show them, make sure that the Infohub on the right-hand legend is checked.
+To show them, make sure that '''Infohub''' on the right-hand legend is checked.
-== Where's a list of official Infohubs? ==
+== What are all the official Infohubs? ==
 === 1st generation ===
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 == Can I find Infohubs through Search? ==
-Yes, you can. Click '''Search''' > '''Places''' tab and search for "<code>infohub</code>" (it's not CaSe-sensitive). This will show most of the Infohubs, although some are listed using other keywords, and this also includes results for Resident-run Infohubs.
+# Choose '''Search''' > '''Places''' tab.
+# Change '''Any Category''' to '''Linden Location'''.
+# Search for "<code>infohub</code>" (it's not CaSe-sensitive).
-If you click the '''Any Category''' drop-down menu, you'll notice "Linden Location" is among the choices.
+This shows most of the Infohubs, although some are listed using other keywords.
 == Is there anything else special I need to know? ==