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How "Recommended Activities" Works

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When you open the app, you'll see a "Recommended activities" section on the home screen. This is a personalized ranking of upcoming activities based on what's relevant to you.

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What you control

You can adjust location and radius to choose where to look. There is no sport filter — activities for all sports nearby are eligible to be recommended.

If you don't share your location, recommendations are based on your chosen city instead.

What's automatically filtered out

A couple of filters are applied based on your profile, without you having to do anything:

  • Level — If you have a player level set on your profile and the activity has a numeric level requirement, activities outside your level range are filtered out. Note: some activities only mention a level in their description text rather than as a structured value — those are not filtered, since the system can't read free text.
  • Gender — If an activity is restricted to a specific gender, it's only shown to players whose profile matches.
  • Not publicly listed — Activities that the venue has set to private or made unavailable for online booking are not shown in recommendations.
  • Registration cutoff — Some activities close player self-serve signup a set number of days before they start (after that, only the venue can add players). Once that cutoff has passed, the activity is no longer recommended on your home screen, since you can’t sign yourself up anymore.

What the system uses to rank what's left

Once the filters above are applied, the remaining activities are scored on several signals:

  • People you've played with — If someone you've played with before has signed up for an activity, it gets a higher score. The more you've played together and the more recently, the stronger the signal. (Note: just being friends with someone on the platform does not by itself raise the score — only shared playing history does.)
  • Activities you attend regularly — If you've joined a recurring activity before (e.g. a weekly padel group), future sessions of that activity are ranked higher.
  • Sports you usually play — If you tend to play one sport more than another (e.g. more padel than tennis), activities for your usual sport are ranked higher. The signal is based on your playing history on the platform and weighted toward recent activity.
  • Your favorite venues — Activities at venues you've visited often or marked as favorites are ranked higher.
  • Your usual playing times — If you typically play on weekday evenings, activities at that time are ranked higher than, say, a Saturday morning session.
  • Starting soon — Activities that start soon get a small boost so you don't miss opportunities.
  • Almost full — Activities that are nearly full get a small boost so you can grab the last spot.

All of these signals are combined into a single score. The result is a list sorted by what's most likely to be a good fit for you.

When the section doesn't appear

If there are no recommended activities to show (for example, if there are no venues nearby or nothing matches your level/gender filters), the "Recommended activities" section will not appear on your home screen.

Your data and privacy

The system uses your playing history on the platform (who you've played with, which activities you've attended, which venues you visit) and your profile (level, gender) to personalize your feed. It does not use any data from outside the platform. Your recommendation scores are computed in real time when you open the app — they're not stored or shared.

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