Here are some more comments:
- create ability of entries and comments to apply towards poster's overall post count
- allow "ignore" function to be active in journal area
- ability for journal moderators to block or de-activate a specific poster's ability to use the journal area (similiar to forum-specific suspensions)
- ability for journal moderators to lock a specific poster's journal (without suspending the actual poster)
- ability for journal writer to decide if they do not want replies to a specific entry
- restrict the length of journal entries to match the number of characters allowed in normal posts (or allow a separate maximum length for journal area)
- ability for people to convert from other journals/blogs and transfer all of their material to the message board's journal area (I know it is crazy request, but people always ask for it)
I just offer these comments, feel free to sort out which (if any) are useful or relevant. Again, thanks for the work with journals.