Request regarding journal props:

The only way to "fix" the prop system is to strangle it into unabusability.

1 prop per user per journal per week seems good.

Anytime you let children play with a great quantity of small objects, they will be compelled to stack them into a great pile and congratulate themselves on this achievement. All that can be done is to reduce the number of objects.

The problem with Last Commented is that it causes a cumulative reaction. It seems as though there must be some value in knowing that an interesting entry is attracting disproportionate attention, but "interesting" more often than not just means Team Banned putting their thumbs into their noses.

Perhaps a system can be devised wherein those journals which belong to your Buddies can have a small LOL INTERNET graphic which helpfully appears next to their respective links whenever said journal is particularly active. This is for the best, as most of the drama whores are largely pals with each other anyway.

Jam it back in, in the dark.