For me favorites cards are those I received ,so that is why it would be great to separate wish list and favorite cards received
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I use the favorites as a wishlist and I do look over othersā favorites to get a better sense of what they would like to receive from me. I filled out the survey yesterday and wish I had mentioned this, but maybe others will.
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I think I would never favourite cards to a separate wall either.
Because, favouriting all would make no sense. And I donāt want to choose only few, because then it looks Iām hard to please. And sometimes I get a card and itās nothing special, but later when I read it, I found something I really like.
(I like Postcrossing in the sense, that what do you do/give for a stranger, when you get nothing back. So not a Hurray, not a like etc. (Of course you can get these, but Iām not after these, and will not be pushed to that if I like a card, I should favourite it etc. ))
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Hello, here are some questions about the Wall of Favorite
Iāve seen profiles stating āThe postcards I want are all in my wall of favoriteā, so I was wondering how they find a specific card to āfavoriteā, are there any tips on finding a card? Or do you just spend lots of time scrolling through the recent postcards album or otherās sent/ receive list? That would be super time consuming so Iām not sure whether it is possible or not.
Iām not using the wall of favorite as a wish list, so that might not be a big problem to me, but sometimes when I see a nice postcard somewhere, I would love to give it a heart.
Thanks!
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Hi @sunnychen_tw
I moved your question to this topic because thats a better place for it.
Maybe youāll even find an answer here.
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Easiest way to use someoneās favorite wall is to choose your country and see if you have a specific card, or just use it as general suggestions. Today I drew a member who likes illustrations; I didnt have any favorited in the US section, but I have similar illustrated park and nature cards so it helped me select one to send.
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Regarding finding cards to favorite, I either favorite cards I happen to come across when interacting with other members, or when I feel like it I will scroll through a couple gallery pages. I donāt think thereās really a search function or anything.
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A wall of favorites usually builds up slowly over time. Most often I find cards to add to it when Iām looking at the wall of someone Iām sending a postcard to. I always look there, so itās no extra work for me. Occasionally I also look through the gallery of all received postcards, when I have nothing better to do or I have a little time to kill. Itās always interesting to see what cards are being sent around the world, and every now and then I find a card or two I want to add to my favorites.
A few times a year I also go through my favorites, especially the older ones, and delete a few. Maybe after many, many years I donāt like them all as much anymore, sometimes I also realize I favorited a card multiple times. I also delete a card from my favorites when I have received the same card, if I am aware itās from my favorites. 
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My profile isnāt much help in narrowing things down, as pretty much any card will do (other than my one stated trigger topic). However, some senders really do want a bit of guidance, so I have a few favorites that made an impression. I realized it might be a good idea to clarify things when I added one because of the message, not really thinking, where the picture was okay, not impressive. Later, I received a similar card with a message comment that she sent it because I had favored one like that.
It canāt be considered rude, you can do with favorites section whatever you like
I like all cards I receive and always telling this to sender but my favorites kind of wishlist. It consists of cards I donāt have and will be happy to receive.
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I only favourite cards I have not received. I use it as my own wall for cards I really like but donāt own. So if I receive a card I have favourited, I un-favourite that card. Because now I own it in person!
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Hi. Just wondered as a newbie what you use the favourites for? Is it cards recieved cards you want to recieve or something else?
I donāt have an extensive profile, so folks have told me that they use my favorite list to get an idea of what to send. Since I do value every card I receive, I donāt have a problem selecting certain ones as being of particular interest.
Yes, half of my favorites arenāt even ones that Iāve received. Itās others that I saw within postcrossing and thought were cool.
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People use the favourites function in lots of different ways. It really helps if you state how you are using it in your profile.
For example āmy favourites wall contains cards I have already receivedā or āmy favourites wall contains cards I would love to receiveā
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I think most people do it like this. But you donāt have to. I
just put a favorite on cards I really like, there are some I have received myself and some I have seen on other profiles. If you do it like that, you might get the same card more than once, but I donāt mind that (the message is always unique).
Interesting that you consider yourself a newbie after 6 years of Postcrossing 
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I am especially happy when one of my sent cards is a Favorite <3.
I have now received the first time the feedback that the card I selected did not meet the wishes, I should try harder. On the profile it asks to select a card from the favorites wall with more than 2000 images.
I would appreciate it very much if a distinction is made between the cards received that are particularly well liked and the cards that someone wishes to receive.
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Lol i meant to the forums and the use of favourites. Never really thought about it till now 6 years later when people comment look at my favorites just thought they were postcards you liked
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Can the cards placed in your favorites be put under themes or categories? Iāve noticed on quite a few membersā page that their favorites are a whole page of perhaps flowers or bridges. They have many pages and most appear to have a different theme.
No, you just favourite a card and the latest one becomes the āfirstā.
I never actually look those by page, but always choose Finland, and see what they have favourited from here.
Sometimes I have noticed a member favourites my card/s few times, so I guess they are arranging their wall 
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