Hmmmm --- I guess I haven't been around long enough to be as cynical about it... I like the fact that you can have a bunch of different 'solutions', and then have people vote on it...

As I was reading this thread, and all of the different suggestions, I found myself thinking "oh, that's a good idea", or "don't like that one", and I'd have liked to be able to give each of the ideas a thumbs up or thumbs down...

Even if brainstorm hasn't produced a lot of other useful improvements, it seems to me like a good tool for this kinda thing...