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Gather or Gather.com was a social networking website designed to encourage interaction by discussion of various social, political and cultural topics. Its headquarters were located in Boston, Massachusetts. It became defunct in 2015.

The website was founded in 2005 by Tom Gerace, an entrepreneur who previously founded the affiliate marketing company, Be Free.^[1] Gather attracted investments and partnerships from media companies ranging from McGraw-Hill^[2] and Hearst Publications^[2] to American Public Media^[1] and a member of the McClatchy family. Starbucks chose Gather over other social networking sites because of its adult demographic.^[1] Lotus founder Jim Manzi was an early investor.^[3] Gather was one of very few 2006 startups to use television advertising.^[1]

The "Gather News Channel" existed until 2014 when Gather Inc., including Gather.com, was sold to Kitara Media. In October, 2015, Gather became defunct.^{[citation needed]}

• CEO Tom Gerace interview, Social Networking Watch, Nov '08 Archived 2008-12-17 at the Wayback Machine

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