August 15, 2026
v2026.08.15
Mentor matches now spread more evenly across the community
When several mentors are an equally good match on Find a Mentor, we now favor mentors who are less busy this month over whoever happened to update their profile most recently.
A small change to how Find a Mentor ranks equally-good matches. Previously, when several mentors matched a search equally well, we broke the tie by whoever had most recently updated their profile, which quietly favored the same mentors over and over.
Now we break ties by who has fewer requests this month, and mentors who've already reached their own monthly limit (a setting they can set themselves) rank behind those who haven't. The goal is the same as always: good matches first. But among equally good matches, this spreads attention more evenly across the community instead of concentrating it.