No scheduled classes
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Fantastic. Good one!
I stand corrected on the [30]
EDIT
Town Hall meeting slides seem to cover most questions and have sufficient information.
I'm reviewing my previous comments and removing anything that might be misleading to other teachers. My apologies if anything caused confusion.
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@Emmanuel-1 Thanks for that, it was very helpful. But let’s say I open o my schedule for the next 4 weeks in advance, before the 19th of the month. However, due to some unforeseen circumstances, I may need to close a few slots in Jun for example, every Monday and Wednesday at 7 PM for all four weeks in July. Would this affect my scheduling or visibility? If yes, when will the AI start to "love me" again? Because honestly, it doesn’t feel like a simple 14-day ban or a case of lowprofile visibility.
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Thank you @Sanja-52 for posting the relevant slides from the latest Town Hall Meeting. For those who are interested in the exact discussions we had about scheduling issues and cancellation rates, please refer to this post.
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@Anusha-2 For sure! I have also edited my information because both @Chien-Hao and @Sanja-52 have provided excellent and much clearer information.
Based on what I have just read , which seems very lenient, you should have absolutely no issues.
The only thing I'd keep from my statements is the threshold percentage. But again at this point it is just speculation as to what the actual amount is.
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@Emmanuel-1 During the town hall, Matthew clearly stated that management won’t disclose the cancellation threshold percentage to prevent us from calculating it. If you rely on AI-assigned classes, I strongly recommend avoiding the cancellation system for anything within 48 hours (unless absolutely necessary). However, canceling green dots more than 4 hours in advance does not make you invisible. I regularly remove green dots (between 4-48 hours) when regular students cancel on me and haven’t experienced any shadow banning.
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@Wayne-1 ah the mysterious cancellation threshold. Undisclosed it shall remain ^^
The green dots are what concerns me that's why I haven't cancelled in a while but it's worth a shot!
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@Emmanuel-1 Actually, we don’t know the figure for the “certain level,” and we don’t know how it’s calculated. Apart from knowing that the cancellation rate is based on the last 14 days, we don’t know anything else.
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@Sanja-52 My source was unreliable ^_^
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@Wayne-1 If you regularly cancel the green dots 4 hours before time, it will still add to your cancelling rate apparently. And if it's the same day or hour more than once, your AI scheduling around that time will get affected, too. This is what I've understood, I may be wrong.
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@Harleen-1 Since AI no longer assigns me classes, I’m not sure how things work now. My biggest concern is being hidden from followers. I haven’t made any mistakes since using a free pass on May 1st, and I hope to keep it that way, but when you're teaching 7 days a week and 50 hours, it's hard to be perfect.
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@Wayne-1 said in No scheduled classes:
Since AI no longer assigns me classes, I’m not sure how things work now.
You're living the dream! Alas, despite having more than enough followers, the damned thing still dishes the odd one out to me.
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@Stewart-5 I don’t know how long this will last, but like anyone else, I’ll take it while I can. There are other teachers like me (few are a part of this community), but I believe we're a small percentage overall. Are most of your classes from regulars and MC reservations too?
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@Wayne-1 said in No scheduled classes:
Since AI no longer assigns me classes, I’m not sure how things work now. My biggest concern is being hidden from followers.
Afaik the majority of my students actually book me manually and simply choose multiple slots ahead of time once my availability becomes available, their words, not mine.
I think the more regular students you accumulate and the more consistent you are with your availability that should be the case, no ?
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@Emmanuel-1 One thing I’ve noticed about having mostly regulars book 1-on-1 classes is that it can actually limit access. With a large number of followers (3170 for me so far), only a small percentage, maybe 1–2%, can reserve classes during a month. Eventually, some may stop checking your schedule if they never see availability.
So far, that hasn’t been an issue for me. I already have over 218 reservations for July, and since I average 15 cancellations a month, I've opened another 20–30 time slots, but they’re mostly 12:30 am (midnight) to 6:30 am in Taiwan, which tend to be the last to fill.
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@Wayne-1 said in No scheduled classes:
Eventually, some may stop checking your schedule if they never see availability.
Good point! I had a gap year from Tutorabc ( perhaps a bit longer ) and back at it for a year and a half now. Things are super stable, very happy about that, but I still do get new students so while I don't know what the system is doing I think it works to our benefit!
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@Wayne-1 Wow, that's a lot! I did 150 classes this June, even though I am 7-8 months pregnant! Mornings never used to be difficult for me, but now I find them absolutely dreadful.
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@Alia-9 I know, Alia! The classes and students are available now, so I’m making the most of it while I can. Honestly, I don’t feel like I have much of a choice at the moment. Hopefully, I can cut back on hours starting in 2026. Working an average of 50 hours a week is for the birds!
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@Alia-9 You are indeed teaching a lot for being 7+ months pregnant. I don't know how you can do that. May the Force be with you!! :)
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@Wayne-1 Well done, and I agree. Take the work when you can. Once I'm not pregnant, I want to resume my regular working hours, which are around 180 classes.
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Average working week is around 140 hours per week. I think I personally need to work more than that to keep afloat. 💷
