Do you/would you use whims?

I use whims to drive my gameplay all the time and I really like how it works as immediate/short goals for my Sims. My impression is that when I follow my Sims whims generally something random happens after a while or the gameplay itself flows better (but I guess this is much more on how you play the game).

I wish they would keep updating it (RIP) and also fixing old ones (text or/and functionality)