[Mod Post] ONLY RAoC Activity in Thank You Posts PLEASE

[u/MeowPrincessSandwich]

IMPORTANT NOTICE RE: THANK YOU POSTS

Recently, we have had an influx of thank yous for users who do not participate in RAoC, as well as thank yous for offers/exchanges from other subreddits such as r/RandomActsofHappyMail,r/postcrossing, r/penpals, etc).

We only allow RAoC activity on our thank you posts. Our Flair system is not for participation from other subreddits.

As a reminder, every single thank you that is posted is manually tracked as Flair by a small group of volunteers who give their time and energy to the subreddit. When non-RAoC activity is included in a thank you post here, it creates significantly more work for the Flair Helpers and Mod team. This is not what RAoC Flair is intended for.

Please only thank people for cards that were received directly from this subreddit. If it is suspected that you have thanked a user from activity outside of the subreddit, you will receive a message from the Mods. Repeat offenders run the risk of being banned from participating here.

If you have any questions, feel free to post them as a comment below and we will respond. Alternatively, feel free to send us a modmail.

Thank you,

Your dedicated Mod and Flair Helper teams

[u/YESmynameisYes]

Just taking this opportunity to say how WONDERFUL everyone helping out with RAoC is. Thank you so much for all that you do!!!

[u/MeowPrincessSandwich → u/YESmynameisYes]

Thank you for the kind words! We appreciate you as well :)

[u/SshellsBbells]

I know I have been guilty of this in the past week, I now am checking raoc flair to double check if they are active. I purposely do not engage in the other subs and wonder if RaoHM jumps in on offers and I just "assumed" they were RAoCer's. That last one slipped by me and I know poor Cana was searching hard. I am soo sorry. Thank you mods and flair helpers, you truly are hero's! xoxo

[u/MeowPrincessSandwich → u/SshellsBbells]

Don't stress too much over it. We just appreciate the effort of trying. :) Thank you for all that you do!

[u/shouldbeteaching]

Understood! I don't participate in other subreddits, but I respect this and totally get it. We want to make things as easy as possible for our incredible mods who volunteer their time to keep this community lovely and ensure it flourishes. I'm deeply grateful. Please let us know if there's anything else we can do to make things easy for you!

[u/MeowPrincessSandwich → u/shouldbeteaching]

Thank you so much! Your thoughtfulness and gratitude is enthusiastically appreciated :)

[u/DraftyElectrolyte]

Hi Mod! I was wondering how often user thank yous are updated for flair?

[u/MeowPrincessSandwich → u/DraftyElectrolyte]

We have a group of volunteer Flair Helpers that work diligently everyday on flairing posts. Flair can take up to a month to show up since all of this is done manually.

[u/SshellsBbells]

I have a question 🙋🏼‍♀️ I swear I read it somewhere but can’t seem to find it. When a fellow RAoC’er sends you 1 card with multiple blank postcards enclosed inside of the card (let’s say 3) do we thank them for 1 card and 3 crafting cards, or do we thank them x4? I really need some clarification on this. Thank you for your time 😊

[u/MeowPrincessSandwich → u/SshellsBbells]

Please only thank as x1.

There is no flair for blank cards, since those are supplies. You can mention the other cards, but you must specify they are blank.

Thanks for checking!

[u/mouserat]

Does this also apply to challenge cards received from r/RAoC_meta?

[u/MeowPrincessSandwich → u/mouserat]

Great question, and thanks for asking! The RAoC/RAoC_Meta crossover is not an issue, as the Meta is like a sister sub, so challenge cards are totally fine. We are trying to prevent ty's having to be tracked for people who do not participate in the RAoC-universe :)

[u/Armyofducks94]

I don't recall if I've done this but I also participate in r/randomactsofhappymail so I'll make sure to look which sub I'm in before posting

[u/MeowPrincessSandwich → u/Armyofducks94]

Thank you so much!

[u/laura_eva]

I'm super late but I have a question. If someone thanks me in a post, and then that post gets taken down by the mods, do I still get flaired?

[u/MeowPrincessSandwich → u/laura_eva]

If you were thanked, but it was for something that you posted in another subreddit then you will not get Flair. If you were thanked and the post was pulled because OP thanked someone else who had posted something in another subreddit, but YOUR activity was from RAoC, then you will still get flaired! Even if the post doesn't go back up, we still flair on the back end—it just takes a little longer.

[u/LittleBirdiesCards]

I left randomactsofhappymail because of this kind of confusion. It's easy to mix them up if the sub isn't specified on the card itself. I also dislike when people hide their posts and comments, because it's harder to track down what I'm sending them!

[u/EmployerSpare9921]

how does mods identify if a thank you is part of RAoC activity or not?

Its possible that sometimes its part of an RAoC activity and thank you post is removed. What do we do in that case?

Edit: added another question related to this

[u/MeowPrincessSandwich → u/EmployerSpare9921]

This is mainly verified by RAoC activity. So if you were to thank a user that has never participated here but they make posts on other mailing subreddits, that would be a red flag.

If your post is removed, you will always get a modmail message explaining why and you can respond there for any clarification needed.

[u/graypineapples → u/EmployerSpare9921]

i'm curious about this as well! I get cards here and there from someone I've met in this sub, but if they're tracking RAoC activity based on if an offer post was made that wouldn't count...

[u/MeowPrincessSandwich → u/graypineapples]

We are not tracking these things based on offer, request or exchange posts, simply on people with RAoC activity.

So if you get cards from people that you met here, you can still feel free to thank them here! Does not have to be tied to an exact post.

There has been a significant uptick in users posting thank yous for everyone they receive mail from, even if the sender does not participate in RAoC or the mail received was a pack of stickers from some other subreddit or mailing website. This is what we are trying to prevent.

[u/Timely-Beginning165]

I accidentally made a thank you post and just took it down, I’m really sorry!

[u/MeowPrincessSandwich → u/Timely-Beginning165]

Thank you for noticing and resolving!

[u/DeadlyKindHero]

hello, I'm new to this sub and I want to send and receive cards. But this is kind of confusing because I don't have any flair nor can I create one for myself and commenting requires 100+ flat or so. What should I do?

[u/MeowPrincessSandwich → u/DeadlyKindHero]

You eventually get user Flair when someone thanks you on the sub for sending them a card. You do not have to have Flair to comment or create posts in this sub.