# Set matching preferences

Tell RandomCoffee which profiles you would like to meet or avoid, and rank your preferences by importance.

import { Steps } from '@prosefly/astro-components';
import Callout from '@components/Callout.astro';
import MemberPreferences from '@components/app-screens/screens/MemberPreferences.astro';

You can set preferences to state which profiles you would like to meet or avoid. Preferences are private and optional: nobody knows who you would like to meet.

## Create a preference

<Steps>

1. **Open your Member Portal.**

   Sign in at [app.random-coffee.com/login](https://app.random-coffee.com/login). You land on your home page.

2. **Open "My Preferences".**

   Click "My Preferences" in the menu on the left, then click "New preference".

3. **Choose the type of preference.**

   - "I want to meet specific profiles": you are connected with these profiles as often as possible.
   - "I want to avoid specific profiles": you are connected with these profiles as rarely as possible.

4. **Select the profiles.**

   Under "What types of profiles do you want to meet?" (or "...to avoid?"), select one or more values among the categories of your workspace, for example a team or a city.

5. **Click "Create preference".**

   The preference appears in your list, with the number of members who match it.

</Steps>

<MemberPreferences alt="The &quot;My Preferences&quot; page with two preferences, one to match a department and one to not match another, each with its number of members" />

## Manage your preferences

- **Add as many preferences as you like.**
- **Rank them by importance**: drag and drop a preference to move it. The highest in the list is the most important for you.
- **Edit or delete a preference**: click the pencil icon next to it, then click "Save preference" or "Delete preference".

<Callout type="note">
  The algorithm optimizes your matches based on your preferences. Your admin's matching rules come first, so a preference cannot always be met.
</Callout>