This is kind of an extension from the voting system on Software Center, but perhaps a little different or more elaborate.

Each time one has to consider a software for doing something (let's say, batch renaming), one has to either:

1. look for in the forums;
2. search synaptic or mintinstall;
3. google for a .deb or .bin (for something not on the repos);
4. ask a friend;
5. other;

Each of us have probably already made each of the choices above many times. So I think it would be useful for us to list softwares we REALLY liked, be them in the repos or not, and sort them by category the same way it is made on most freeware/shareware download sites, but the "community" way (self-evolving).

If this idea is too similar to any plans for Software Central, please merge/delete it ;o)