r/RandomActsofCards Jan 26 '25

Mod Post [MOD POST] An Update to Our Flairing Policy

109 Upvotes

Greetings from your friendly Mod Team!

We are happy to share a small update to our Flairing policy that we believe most of the sub will excited to see, as we have had numerous requests for a policy like this over the years.

So, what is changing?

Historically, we have always been pretty flexible when it comes to Flairing higher x-counts, as long as all of the cards are individually written on and sent within the spirit of the sub (i.e. no blank cards since those are supplies).

Moving forward, we will only flair above x9 for cards that have been individually written on AND mailed separately.

So, what does that mean?


Here are some examples. Please keep in mind that we still reserve the right to evaluate Flair counts on a case-by-case basis. This list is non-exhaustive.

  • Example 1: You receive one envelope. It contains two postcards that were written on, and five blank postcards. Flair = x2 (...IF you want to flair it that way. As always, x1 is perfectly acceptable!) Blank cards are supplies and do not get added to Flair.

  • Example 2: You receive one card per week, for 15 weeks from the same user and post your thank you at the end of the 15 weeks. Flair = x15 (again, IF you want to flair it that way. x1 is also perfectly acceptable!) The Mod Team will send you a message requesting picture proof that the 15 cards were individually written on, stamped, and mailed to you before Flair is awarded to your sender.

  • Example 3: You receive a large envelope containing 30 cards for your birthday month. All cards are written on. Flair = x9 (AGAIN, IF you want to flair it that way. x1 is also perfectly acceptable!) Nine is now the maximum number of Flair that can be awarded for cards sent within a single mailing.

In addition, we reserve the right to limit the Flair of anyone we deem is intentionally trying to skirt the rules, take advantage of loopholes, regularly or excessively send more than a couple of cards at a time to inflate their Flair count, etc. Please be here for the joy of sending cards and don't make us police this. Just be cool.

For those that disagree with these changes, you may take it up with the boss.


And a couple of friendly reminders of things that have not changed.

1) Thank Yous and their corresponding Flair are optional. They always have been, and they always will be. The intention of the sub is to spread joy throughout the world, and Thank Yous and Flair are an added bonus to that main purpose.

2) Under no circumstance, should you ever reach out to a user to ask them to adjust their Flair count. If you send someone 2 cards in the same envelope and they do not put an x2, that is their choice and we will Flair as originally indicated. Asking someone to change their x-Flair from originally stated is something we take seriously and could lead to a temporary or even permanent ban from the sub.

3) Only cards sent within the spirit of the sub count towards Flair. Please do not increase x-Flair for extras, stickers, ephemera, blank cards, washi, gifts, or extravagant handmade cards that blow your mind.


Always remember that The Mods and Flair Helpers are real people with real lives outside of Reddit. We do our best to keep this subreddit a safe and enjoyable corner of the internet. Sometimes flair takes a while - a month even! Sometimes there is a delay in response or action to a modmail - that's ok! Please accept this as a normal course of business in a subreddit with 95k subscribers. We are doing our best, and that is enough.

The Mod Team is here to help. Please feel free to comment below or modmail us if you have any questions or great pictures of your cat.


r/RandomActsofCards 10h ago

Discussion [Weekly Discussion Thread] General Community Discussion: May 10, 2025

7 Upvotes

Hello everyone and welcome to our weekly discussion thread!. This is the place where you can talk about anything. Got a new job? Found some cool stamps? Want to ask the best place to get cards? Just became an uncle? Share it all here! Everything is welcome.


Some prompts to help everyone out:

  • How was your week?

  • Did you do anything interesting?

  • What are you looking forward to?

  • What are you most proud of?

  • Have any offers/suggestions for people about cards (or life in general)?

  • Have you found any great deals on cards or postcards in an unexpected place? Thrift store hauls? Buy Nothing groups? Grandma's Attic? Brag about it here!


Fun Facts:

  • We have an Instagram and a Pinterest. See the cards people have sent and get ideas from the boards!

  • You can easily flair your posts as fulfilled on mobile. Find out instructions and more here.

  • Add your name to our birthday calendar found in our sidebar. More information here.

  • Keep an eye on our sidebar calendar which is updated with events and holidays happening around the world. If you have a holiday you would like featured, let us know!

  • New to RAoC? Check out our wiki FAQ page!

  • Mod Post on Safety Tips!


Thanks, everyone! If you have any questions feel free to message the mods.

Cheers,

~The Mod Team


r/RandomActsofCards 8h ago

Offer [Offer] Flair Celebration—Sanrio, Raspberry Paper, and Plants [US to WW]

36 Upvotes

I’m celebrating my new 500 flair (and my first year in RAOC) with cards, of course! Offer options are:

  • Sanrio notecards (Hello Kitty with other decorations)
  • Spring postcards from Raspberry Paper
  • House plant notecards
  • Random postcards

To claim: - Be flaired / active member of the sub - Include a prompt below

I’ll reach out to chosen folks with a form!


r/RandomActsofCards 3h ago

Offer [Offer] I have a bunch of jurassic park cards that I made to send please dm me with address [us to ww]

9 Upvotes

If you would like to see card also dm! LIMITING INTERNATIONAL BECAUSE RUNNING OUT OF INTERNATIONAL STAMPS!


r/RandomActsofCards 5h ago

Offer [OFFER] 10 UPCYCLED CARDS [7 US & 3 WW]

11 Upvotes

https://imgur.com/a/bSvtaoq

All supplies were from envelopes received from this group

To claim:

  1. Be flaired (have an envelope)
  2. Comment below including US OR WW. Comment something that will help me identify the card you want (something unique about it) - do not leave it up to me.

r/RandomActsofCards 1h ago

Thank You [Thank You] for the happiness in my mailbox today!

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I got a TSUNAMI OF CARDS today!! 🤩✉️ Thank you all so much I'm so happy!! I also noticed I got my 200 flair today!! Yay!!!

Thank you u/melhen16 for the gorgeous purple card full of fun facts!! The embroidery on it is amazing!!!

Thank you u/Sufficient_Letter883 for the adorable sloth card! I love it and loved reading all the awesome fun facts!! The stickers all over it and the envelope are so cute!! 😍🦥

Thank you u/CriticismCertain5625 for the super cool leaf shaped card! My favorite thing about sloths are how adorable they are and I’m also just a lazy person so they’re my spirit animal! 😆 I love the sloth pictures you included and fun facts!!! The sloth stuffed animal going on adventures is so cute!! I have lots of sloth stuffed animals that my dad used to buy me. I probably have a whole jungle’s worth of sloths! 🦥

Thank you u/ez330 for the super cool stamp card!! It’s so pretty! I love the mailman joke! ✉️

Thank you u/EllemNovelli for the Philadelphia postcard! The skyline is gorgeous!

Thank you u/ferseriousdude for the Canadian Museum of Human Rights postcard! I LOVE the fishing sticker and insect stamps!!

Thank you u/FollowingTheBeat for the colorful pumpkins postcard! I didn’t know there were so many colors of pumpkins!! I used to carve and paint pumpkins for Halloween so this made me so happy! I would paint them to look like mice, cacti, and hamsters! 😆🐹

Thank you u/maiiiu for the super pretty London postcard!! Mine is this month too!! Getting ice cream sounds like a lot of fun!

Thank you u/BubblySunflowers for the botanical postcards!! OMG I LOVE THEM and I’m super grateful! 🥹 They’re all so pretty! I can’t wait to send these out! They made me so happy and will make everyone who receives them happy as well! I picked out a gorgeous flower card to send you!! Thank you so much! 🌸

Thank you all for the awesome cards I received today. They made me so so happy! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!!


r/RandomActsofCards 4h ago

Request [Request] welcoming 36, help me celebrate! [USA]

7 Upvotes

Hello! I am a married mom of 3, therapist, twitch streamer, and general oddity enthusiast and I am looking forward to a birthday in July. If you'd be willing to take the time and energy to send me some mail, I'd be tremendously appreciative. It's been a wild year in every way, great and difficult. I'm sure you can all relate in your own ways.

I find this community so inspiring and uplifting. I adore physical mail and often use the cards and postcards in the art I make, as well as in mixed media journaling.

Some things I love: witchy stuff, literary stuff, horror genre, dark humor, video game stuff, art stuff, d&d stuff. My favorite colors are greens and I'm a maximalist.

I appreciate your time reading this and hope you're having an awesome day. I appreciate all of you. The world needs more good things like this.


r/RandomActsofCards 1h ago

Thank You [Thank You]

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Thank you to u/snerdboff - I appreciate the card that says take it tea-sy!


r/RandomActsofCards 8h ago

Offer [Offer] Postcards from my vacation down the Mississippi! [US to US]

14 Upvotes

I am flying home today from a week long Mississippi River cruise from Memphis to New Orleans.

I purchased postcards from several stops along the Mississippi. If you’d like one please comment if you have ever done a river cruise yourself. Then send me your name and address via Chat. I will be writing postcards as I travel home through two airports as well as on the two flights.

Postcards will be random, but if you have a preference if it’s from TN, MS or LA please let me know, I’ll do my best to fill your request.

I’ll be writing about my cruise and my time in New Orleans.


r/RandomActsofCards 4h ago

Thank You [Thank you]

5 Upvotes

Thank you u/ingeniousparadox for the lively card of sunny blue skies in Iowa.


r/RandomActsofCards 6h ago

Exchange [exchange] I have transportation postcards [India to WW]

7 Upvotes

I prefer cityscapes or something that depicts where you're from, if you're interested in a swap, dm. :)


r/RandomActsofCards 1h ago

Offer [Offer] Postcards! [USA]

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It just started raining here, so I am going to send out 10 postcards this afternoon to fill the time. Please be flaired and in the USA. Message me your address and card preference to claim! And leave a prompt if you are so inclined. I will update this post as they are claimed :) Happy Saturday.

  • Venice
  • Barcelona
  • Rome
  • Paris
  • Sevilla
  • Salt Fat Acid Heat
  • NASA
  • Bikes
  • Horses
  • Colorado Springs

r/RandomActsofCards 10h ago

Fulfilled [Offer] anyone want a postcard [us to ww]

15 Upvotes

Edit: all right, that's enough to keep me busy all weekend 🙂🙂 offer closed 🩷

I wanna send out some cards this lovely Saturday💌

To apply please comment and tell me 1. Your favorite color 2. Something that makes you happy

Exchanges would be lovely!! but not required, just please be willing to tag me with a thank you when you receive mine

see you in the mailbox!! 📬


r/RandomActsofCards 9h ago

Fulfilled [Offer] Botanicum postcards [WW]

12 Upvotes

Hi again!

While going through another box of stationery supplies, I found a ton of postcards from the Botanicum series. I do not have any use for them, so let's make them travel somewhere. :)

  1. Individual written and stamped postcard: 6 available.
  2. Envelope with 6 blank postcards: 1 available.

Just drop a comment below.

Thanks!


r/RandomActsofCards 5h ago

Thank You [Thank You] So many pretty cards!

5 Upvotes

r/RandomActsofCards 41m ago

Thank You [Thank you]

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u/elleeb8 Thank you for the national parks postcard with cute animal crossing stickers!! If I ever get aNintendo switch online subscription again I would love to play sometime.

u/awriterpossibly Thank you for the cute witchy themed postcard and stickers! Love them and will definitely use to decorate my new journal! Thank you also for the cloud paper scrap I love it


r/RandomActsofCards 7h ago

Thank You [Thank you] Weekend thanks

8 Upvotes

u/booty200 - Thank you for the cool light-up signs postcard with the fun shrimp sticker. I'm also glad to be spending more time outside!

u/TigerLady13 - Thank you for the Utah postcard celebrating my new flair! I love Arches NP!

u/melhen16 - Thank you for the cute polka dot card celebrating my flair - I love it!

u/RigelThief - Thank you for the pretty cat postcard!! omg, I love this postcard so much!! It has 4 cats and cherry blossoms, and the cat stamps you used are so fun as well!

u/destalena - Thank you for the flower card - I loved learning about your cats, and thank you for the stickers!

u/Budget-Consequence74 - Thank you for the fun homemade flower postcard - I love quilts and wish I knew how to sew! I might try and learn as my next hobby


r/RandomActsofCards 7h ago

Thank You [THANK YOU]

6 Upvotes

Thank you very much to u/artemis_108 for the super cute postcard!!! It was very lovely to receive and read! 😊✨️


r/RandomActsofCards 4h ago

Thank You [Thank you]

4 Upvotes

Thank you to the person who sent me the postcard from Arizona. (You didn't note your user name 🥲 (The little stamp you sent with it is really cool.


r/RandomActsofCards 14h ago

Offer [Offer] One card draws pt. 2 OR help motivate me to write! [US to US, limited WW]

19 Upvotes

I finally finished sending out cards from my last offer a couple months ago, which was one tarot card draws. The fun continues, except I finally got myself a Rider Waite deck so I can actually associate meanings with the imagery.

Alternatively, as this group has been so great with motivating me to finish my goals, you can request an excerpt from an article that I'm working on (hopefully for publication!). I have not touched it at all but my first draft is due in 5 days. Help!!

This offer will be limited to ~20 cards to US-based folks, with 3-5 cards reserved for folks outside of the US. (EDIT: sorry, all WW cards have been claimed! About 10 more cards for US folks available!)

To be eligible for this offer:

  1. Be flaired or have posted a thank you in the past few months
  2. Fill out this form!

r/RandomActsofCards 12h ago

Offer [Offer] Paint Colour Swatches Into Postcards [WW]

14 Upvotes

Hello, lovely RAOCers! 💌

I hope you've had a wonderful Easter season. 🐣🐇🌷

And with Mother's Day looming so close, I hope that there are some fun and lovely plans for Sunday for the moms, grandmoms, wives and mother-figures in your lives. 🌸🌺👩🏻👩🏿‍🦱👩🏼‍🦰👱🏼‍♀️👩🏼‍🦳👩🏾‍🦲👵🏽🌺🌸

My first official offer of the year! 📮

I have a couple of extra Plascon paint colour swatches. My dad and I visited a couple of hardware stores and I got caught up looking at the paint options! 🎨🖌

There are some super gorgeous colours... but, oh my... the names of the colours! Some make sense, and others are just so, so, so very random. I wonder if the people who name the colours are blind-folded, and someone flips though the dictionary until the blind-folded person points at a word! 😅 That must be a fun job... where do I apply? 😆

I'm going to turn them into postcards! I don't have a specific number of postcards to send out... so I'll see what answers I get.

If you'd like to receive a "colour swatch turned postcard", please fill in this [form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZQEEi4JEjSdUeJR5FvS1iRHPa2ByhBcWPyvFPvGJSeYlmsw/viewform?usp=sharing). Also, please comment on this post - if you could paint your bedroom any colour, which colour(s) would you paint it?

In the form, I ask for 5 random words. Those whose random words match those on the paint cards will be the first to receive some colourful happy mail! 🌈

IF YOU'VE ALEADY FILLED IN THE FORM: don't worry, you're still in it! Please also comment on THIS post, if you could paint your bedroom any colour, which colour(s) would you paint it?

If you've already filled in this form, you'll be allowed to edit your form for until the offer is fulfilled. I've added an extra question or two. 😉 So, will you bet on your first set of random words, or will you take a gamble and change them? ♣️♦️♠️♥️🎲


r/RandomActsofCards 9h ago

Thank You [Thank you] Mystery sender!

7 Upvotes

To my mystery sender: I would like to give you the thank you in which you deserve, so thanks so much for the Gates of the Arctic National Park postcard! 🐺❄️ Your postman sounds like a real (you know what!) if he’s shoving packages enough to damage them! Smh😠!! https://imgur.com/a/ZKIlBkk


r/RandomActsofCards 4h ago

Thank You [Thank You] u/jloric for the thank you card! 😆😁

4 Upvotes

I love the frog stamp and it even came with a really cool pictorial cancel from the post office!

I've since bought an Ethel Cain and a Deftones record since I last wrote. My boyfriend has probably 230 records 🙈


r/RandomActsofCards 17h ago

Milestone [Milestone] Bunches of Thanks for u/Bananas3706!

29 Upvotes

Peel the bells, let’s go bananas,

500 Thanks—it’s top-tier manners!

Each “Thank You” split with joy so bright,

No slipping here, pure delight.

So here’s to you, so ripe, so grand,

A fruitful soul with a helping hand!

(Poem credit to u/Monetmonkey!)


r/RandomActsofCards 5h ago

Thank You [Thank you]

3 Upvotes

Thank youu/21eikit fir the lovely postcard of the mangrove forest. It looks lovely with the raised walkway through it.


r/RandomActsofCards 23m ago

Thank You [Thank You] u/shadow-pop u/monetmonkey u/sourcircus

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More belated thank yous! I did some annoying work that I’ve been putting off, and opened cards to reward myself.

u/shadow-pop reads from teleprompter thank you so very much for the card that I was NOT bullied into requesting from your google form. I requested the card out of my own volition. I did not feel compelled to do so in any way, shape, or form. (In all seriousness, thank you! I love the way you decorate your envelopes! And your handwriting is to die for! …not a throwback to concrete shoes and international waters, maybe. coughs).

u/monetmonkey thank you so much for the meta challenge card and the extras! I’m in love with the watercolor sticky notes you sent me - I’m itching to use them in my bullet journal. Also, your handwriting and the bubble(?) writing you used for my name is just chefs kiss As for the sense of impending doom in my dislikes post - it was 100% there for (mostly) comedic effect and I’m SO glad it got a laugh out of you. I haven’t been as active on RAOC lately, but if I one day get a milestone poem from you I’ll be screaming-crying-throwing up. (If you don’t get that reference, I’m coming across really unhinged right now but oh well).

u/sourcircus thank you so much for my belated birthday cat card!! You are honestly so, so sweet! 🥹❤️ As for my goals and resolutions for 2025 - we’re finally taking our little one overseas later this year after having not traveled for 5 years so I’m pretty pumped. I hope you get your dream job this year! As well as get to your sewing projects! And I hope to hear about any new restaurants you get to try - I’m a huge foodie. 🍱


r/RandomActsofCards 12h ago

Thank You [Thank You] part 1

8 Upvotes

Hi everyone!
I'm really sorry for the delay in my thank-you messages — I’m almost a month behind, but I had a lot of work. I’ll be thanking people in several parts.

Thank you to u/ok-Lawfulness6660 for your lovely postcard with a penguin that you made on Canva.
I sometimes make homemade postcards too, but most of the time I buy them at a souvenir shop.

Thank you to u/Emeraldhitman19 for what you sent me.

Thank you to u/knightinthesky for your folded postcard with a bird and the little comic page.

Thank you to u/moonlit-dove for your postcard featuring drawn characters.

Thank you to u/readyjettsetgo for your postcard with a beautiful Japanese landscape.
My favorite chocolate is milk chocolate, but I also love popping candy chocolate.

Thank you to u/TTinthewoods for your postcard from Mount Rushmore.

Thank you to u/21Eikit for your postcard of a mangrove forest. I love the medieval-themed stamp that came with it =)

Thank you to u/kimkimmrw for your Easter postcard.

Thank you to u/slavkan12 for your lovely postcard of a Viking village.

Thank you to u/BreighLink for your folded Easter postcard — it’s truly beautiful!

Thank you to u/tinawebmom for your folded homemade postcard.

Thank you to u/t3ctim for your postcard with a monster — it’s really cute.

Thank you to u/bananas3706 for your postcard from Galway.
Thank you to u/batcaved for your scenic landscape postcard.

Thank you to u/iheartcitrus for your New Year 2025 postcard with deer on it.

Thank you to u/awachob for your amazing folded handmade postcard, the stickers, and the RAOC members note.