We see SO MANY things posted as Ideas that should instead be posted as Questions. So my idea is to just eliminate the Idea option altogether for original posts and reserve it for a special section of the forum where we have to submit real ideas to a clearing committee. If this clearing committee agrees the submission is a valid Idea they can then authorize it to be promoted to the status of an Idea where it can go through the funnel and be commented on and tracked. If the clearing committee instead sees the submission as a Question they should be authorized to move it into a Question without even having to contact the OP. This clearing committee can be made up of forum volunteers or just @MH for all I care. Anything is better than the mess we have now!

Until original posts are limited to either a Question or Post (Discussions) we will continue to see the misuse of the Idea category. @MH or his eventual successor will have to continue to move these Ideas to "Out" and will have to tell the OP why and that they should repost as a Question. And guess what? Most people don't repost as a Question! And why should they? Even if their Idea is moved "Out" of the funnel it is still there in the Ideas category and can still be commented on.

And to make my point, I'll bet that this Idea gets moved to "Out" and I'll be asked to repost it as a Question. But I won't. :-P