Just curious, I read a bit about it last night and what people like about.

The idea is, that instead of setting a goal of say 3x8, you set a goal of 24 reps in 3 sets. It sounds like pretty much the same thing, but the idea behind it is you don't have a fixed number in your head when doing a set, so if you have gas in the tank for 10 or 11 reps, that's what you do (not going to actual failure though). If after 3 sets you've hit your goal, you bump the weight next time like normal.

I can see how it might be handy for those days when you just have a bad set, but you still can meet your goal. I can also see how a lot of people would push to failure too often too.

Anyone ever use it? What type of rep goals do you set when you do utilize it?

3 sets of 10 elicits a different response than 10 sets of 3.

All depends on the goal, while the different methods are endless, there is a general guideline to what stress creates what response, just look at Prilepin's table for a strength example

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Then there's stories about some old coach that would program like 4 sets of snatch triples at 85% and then tell you you don't have to do all four sets if you don't want, just do one set of 12.