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Countdown to 10 Million has started.
Well, I just sent my first card with 79xxxxx ID which can only mean one thing… time to start the countdown to 8 million. I love the thrill that comes when we start getting near a milestone postcard ID. The close and closer we get, the more excitement I get every time I draw a new address.
Does anyone else try and draw those milestone IDs so they can be the one to send it? Way back when we we were approaching 7million, I saved up all my cards for a week and then when we got close, I clicked “send” rapidly but I didn’t get very close that time.
A few months ago, I tried to get US-7777777, and I got pretty close. Here’s the card that was closest for me: Postcard US-7777811
Does anyone else play these kinds of games with the ID numbers? Tell me I’m crazy, but I’m REALLY going to try and get 8 million this time around! Only a few weeks to go!!!
COOL! I just discovered that on the forum, anytime you write a postcard ID with the normal formatting, it automatically makes it a link to that card’s information on the site. Nice feature!
A while ago we got FI-4000000 and we are also chasing some other nice numbers. We have countdowns for special big numbers especially on our Finnish Facebook group, it’s fun to follow We usually warn the headquarters of postcrossing when we are approaching a big number, so they can prepare the system for not falling down when we are all trying to get that number.
THESE ARE THE BEST NUMBERS~! Thanks for sharing. I always new I had so much in common with my finish postcrossing friends (and not just because of all the lakes and trees).
Yes! I will try to do that! I will even try for just a random, 7456777 or something. I just like when the numbers are noticeable I guess? That’s the only way I can describe it. Memorable I guess (but not really because I’m horrible with numbers)!
Another interesting trend is one us user has been involved with 3 of the million cards. ChaelaMonstah send US-4000000 and US-5000000. Then she received US-6000000. That’s pretty cool
That is SO interesting. Especially the 6000000 that was SENT to @ChaelaMonstah. Like, drawing 4 and 5 million makes sense because they must have been furiously hitting “send” when the milestone came near. But to RECIEVE US-6000000 from someone else… now that’s amazing.
I’m starting to wonder if maybe the system/algorithm isn’t quite as random as I assume it is… Could there be a Wizard of Postcrossing pulling strings from behind the scenes???
Hi @ChaelaMonstah . Sorry about the random @ but I am just so impressed with your luck/skill at nabbing the milestone numbers. I feel like our brains are similar and we make fun when we need to
YAY! I was hoping someone would comment here I’ve been keeping close tabs on the count…up. And I’ve got some spare slots on my “travelling” this time too. Best of luck to all, but I’m hopefully going to be the lucky 8mil
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We usually warn the headquarters of postcrossing when we are approaching a big number, so they can prepare the system for not falling down when we are all trying to get that number.
And for numbers 
Nice work All!