I once received a hurray message where the receiver actually said "I already received this card, but thanks anyway. " 
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How thankful and nice - not! 
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I donāt say much in my profile, donāt have a wish list. But with the little that I have in my profile, I get many pleasant surprises. So leaving it up to the sender is not a disadvantage. On more than one occasion I got such a great card that I was tempted to actually add the motif/subject matter on a wish list but decided to continue to āgo rogueā. I see empty profiles as an invitation to open my mind and go for it.
And frankly, after drawing three cards in a row with many demands, words written in caps (donāt people realize that comes across as yelling to some?), empty profiles are like a breeze of fresh air.
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Ugh, that is just rude. Iād be tempted to report that message. But I am rather grumpy at the moment because not only did I draw more than one demanding profile but one clearly stated they are more interested in stamps and therefore prefer envelopes. Since the person also stated they make art with used stamps I imagine them cutting up cards to make art with the stamps.
I know I get over it, but itās been a āroughā 24 hours on postcrossing.
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Please consider reporting those demanding profiles, as itās not allowed to make demands.
But not all do know that caps is shouting, you can tell that in the card. ( I think itās hard to read, if the whole text is in caps.)
Although some prefer writing please and/or no in caps, to get attention. That doesnāt bother me at all and it helps, if the profile has some length,
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Iād send them a card with a postage code instead of a stamp, so they do not need to destroy the card! 
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Thatās a new way to look at empty profiles, thank you!
This kind of demanding profile makes one want to ignore all instructions and simply send whatever!
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You know, that is a great idea. But the card - with stamps - is already on its way but I keep your suggestion in mind if I come across a āfor me itās about the stampsā profile.
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For a moment I was really tempted but felt awkward reporting three profiles at once. I began second-guessing myself, thinking I was too sensitive or easily annoyed. I still have three open slots but decided to wait a few more days before requesting the next address.
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I tend to do the same. If thereās a long list that consists mostly of ādonāts,ā I just send a generic card depicting some aspect of my city or state.
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Maybe thatās an idea for a card designed for people with demanding profiles; one with text on the front that simply says āWhatever.ā
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You can still report those. I think now you can read those with more neutral view, since you sent the cards already, and you donāt āhave toā take it personally (like you were to send a card).
I know the feeling though, I remember sometimes reporting few profiles and thinking am I the only one who sees something wrong with these 
(but of course some one else can have reported - they just didnāt have time to react).
And lately I reported a profile clearly being not about them, but mainly their shop, telling how they take credit or debit card, and even āif you donāt know how to pay by credit or debitā and link to directions
For some reason I thought, am I being too sensitive, but now reading that profile, I was not. Itās clearly an advertisement profile. And on the other hand, if I was too sensitive, the team will decide what to do with the profile I reported.
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Va-Pensiero I also really dislike getting the āstamps onlyā requests. Sometimes thinly veiled as a wish for postcards, but I usually use my most common stamp for those.
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I had one profile too, where I thought itās about stamps for the person. But why not? It teaches me to be not too sensitive with the future of my sent cards. And as the person is a stamp collector, well I sent a stamp-motive. - And got a very nice hurray mail.
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Thanks for getting back to me. I thought about it and decided to report. It feels strange but if postcrossing takes it up, they will do so in the politest way possible.
I understand what you are saying but I believe that postcrossing is not a site for stamp collectors. I am fine to look out for interesting cards, a variety of cards to please as many as possible because that is one the site is about. I donāt like to feel pressured or awkward because I only have generic stamps or, like one day, the clerk at the post office smacked a digital code on the card.
I am also aware that not everyone can collect and organize all received cards and may discard some - at least after a while. But if someone tells you right they are going to chop up your card to use the stamp for mail art so better send it via envelope (which means additional costs to me), it is disheartening. And as I mentioned I drew three profiles in a row that were very demanding, one clearly said it is about the stamps and a second one asked for pretty stamps. Once in while I can ignore but three in a row is a bit too much.
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I just pulled a recent profile that said: āI expect you to ā¦ā followed by a stamp-related demand that I couldnāt meet. 
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Iāve had demanding requests but today I
Got an address to send an official card, the profile was only 2 short paragraphs, stated some interest in some themesā¦ But here is the weird part.
It stated āIām not good in English, please donāt use written Englishā
I obviously donāt speak their language, so I used Google translate to write: āsorry I donāt speak _______, so I will send you some stickersā. And so I did.
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Best idea ever 
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