Remove /r/ board ?

Sorry, but I am one of the few that sees /r/ as a pointless board.

Whenever I go to /r/ to request non porn materials. I get told to fuck off to the board related to what I am requesting.
And when I go the the boards related to my request, my request does get filled out most of the time.
Even if the rules says you aren't allowed to request on those boards. (I know, I know.. I don't care)

I understand it's to prevent people from spamming the other boards with requests only.
But it doesn't seem to matter as things are now, /r/ only  helps with things that contains porn, and the other boards still get requests related to them and a large amount of them gets filled out.

So? should /r/ be removed as it doesn't serve a purpose? What do you think?

A long time ago, /r/ did manage to accomplish something for me once.

I had requested text-less versions of the FMA OP "Melissa," specifically the very first part with the pan over Ed's automail arm.  I was going to paste them together and create a one long shot of the whole thing, but the person who filled out that request also told me that the shot ROTATES and ZOOMS slightly in that scene as the pan happens and it wouldn't be easy to just paste them together.  I thanked him for the screenshots anyway and started to consider how I could still accomplish this task.

Then, two days later, the thread is back on the first page with someone having FULFILLED my request: a full, text-less shot of the scene of Ed's arm from the first OP, proportioned decently.  And an apology that the background had to be completely recolored because of the gradient used in the original shot.

I was blown away.