Trollheart, I am aware of your efforts and that it is possible to promote journals by mentioning them in other threads and posts. I myself made the Musicbanter portal / feed thread for this very purpose. But the restriction of having to do it with threads and posts is still huge in my opinion.
And dj, what I propose would make writings more visible to the rest of the community, but perhaps not to the outside world. While I agree that passionate writers like writing regardless, I think that doesn't take away the benefits of creating an environment that more rewards writing. This isn't just about writing either. I mean, you could have a karma/reputation system that promotes good behaviour on the forums. You could have moderator stats that tells you and compares how many spammers a moderator has busted so you can have spambusting competition. In general, you can make it so that the MB people's good work and efforts become more visible through various ways. It doesn't have to be just about reviews and journals.
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