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[Sarah-Jane14]

I've noticed that the little 'light bulb' which indicated where I'd had people looking at dates on the calendar have disappeared. What's the reason for this?

[Ann72]

@Sarah-Jane14  I've noticed that, too.  Perhaps no one really cared about or trusted the data?  I always found it to be passive-aggressive.  I mean, why tell us if you're not going to do anything about it, like help us promote our listings?  And what does the bot really know about how comparable our listings are?  It doesn't.  It just sees "6 guests, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths" or whatever and decides it's 100% comparable.  So I don't really miss the lightbulb, and I wish the red dots would go away, too.

[Sarah-Jane14]

At least I now know it's was bot and not actual people viewing dates. Good riddance to sneaky tactics!

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

@Sarah-Jane14  Those light bulbs aren't  triggered by people actually looking at your calendar dates. More likely, it's a bot that's programmed to scour active hosts' calendars for openings to persuade them to lower prices or unblock dates. Each time we interact with them, we're participating in a test that helps the machines learn how to modify our behavior. 

You're a veteran host and it's safe to say you're much smarter than the robot, so take whatever it spits out at you with a grain - make it a whole shaker - of salt.

[Sarah-Jane14]

Thank you for enlightening me!