Hi everyone!
Just opening this topic to let the community know that this year there will be a limit on how many addresses can be requested from Postcrossing during World Postcard Day.
First, some context: as you can maybe guess, Postcrossing was not designed for peak days like this. While having a record day is fun, it is also very stressful: at some point, there just aren’t any more addresses to select, and we came very close to that point last year. This year we fear the problem is made more complicated by the fact that World Postcard Day falls on a Sunday, a day where usually there is no mail delivery in most countries (and thus, even less addresses get thrown in the selection pool).
And so, to try to ensure that everyone can send a few postcards on that special day, we’re setting a limit of 10 postcards per account during October 1st. If you only have a couple of slots available, you’ll be able to send a couple of postcards. If you have 5, you can request 5 addresses. But if you have 10 or more slots available, you’ll only be able to send 10 postcards on October 1st.
We hope this will help everyone send some postcards on the day, and that we don’t run out of addresses to give out. If your account is inactive and you’re owed some postcards, consider setting your account back to active on the day, to give the website some more wiggle room.
Naturally, this does not mean you’ll necessarily be sending less postcards! The World Postcard Day goes beyond Postcrossing, and we encourage you to reach out through postcards to people you don’t normally mail them to: your family and friends, your co-workers, your neighbors… and everyone who could use a little postal hug. It’s the perfect day to spread some cheers through the postal system!
Fingers crossed that this will be the year that Paulo will be able to enjoy World Postcard Day without constant worries about servers and algorithms! 
