to StaceyG: Your wording/tone is very polite and is pleasing to read. It's easy to agree and see your side. What I find very heated, though, comes especially from others who do not write so politely but use the tone of "must" post in the freebie forum, rather than "invited" or "should."

I think there is confusion for things that come up in a community, such as casually helping another member with a useful or helpful link. For instance, the Ivy Generator link has spread from forum to forum like wild fire. It's a helpful utility and people spread the word without going through some other forum. In that sense, it is self-policing: a bad or inappropriate link would not have spread. The local moderators seem to do a good job keeping appropriate content valid.

It is interesting, though, there seems to be more negative feedback from this idea than the positive feedback posted in the suggestion forum. Perhaps keep the freestuff forum as an option instead of a requirement might be the better way?