It's not even really an inconvenience. It's a forum for requests, not open discussion. Request threads have always had rules and etiquette. If you went into any pre-Reddit forum and begged, without putting any of your own effort in, they'd just call you a faggot and ban you outright. Anyone who found the answer probably wouldn't tell you, just out of spite.
Over-reacting. A load of subs have this or 'must flair' or 'must have at least 100+ word description'
It cuts out the low effort, spam and mindless crossposting that won't be engaged with.
This is fine, just inconvienient. It's like a captcha. Annoying but there for a reason.
It's not even really an inconvenience. It's a forum for requests, not open discussion. Request threads have always had rules and etiquette. If you went into any pre-Reddit forum and begged, without putting any of your own effort in, they'd just call you a faggot and ban you outright. Anyone who found the answer probably wouldn't tell you, just out of spite.