Whoa. I posted this as a potential idea for Randy, not to start a flame war. If you could go back over into the "Karma" thread in CC, you would notice that I too voiced the opinion of "just don't read them if you don't like them". I didn't see the same concensus though and saw it being rehashed here. If it appears to be a "problem" to Randy, my suggestion was to put it into a subforum (not a single thread, everyone should be able to state their request). As I mentioned in my post earlier, I too have been the happy recipient of a gift "for nothing". But, it was in response to a generous offer of an expiring instrument, not an outright request.

I think Randy has bigger issues with CC than just the H:Karma posts. In fact, I'd probably put these at the bottom of the pile. Most, if not all, H:Karma posts end up with 0 replies under the current system. Thus, while it may bother some to see the request, the system solves it in it's own way. Let's focus on the larger picture and not distract ourselves with relatively minor annoyances.