I quite like this idea too. There's been plenty of times where my char would like to have checked in/upon/or 'pinged' another char - but that char didn't have a current or up-to-date/relevant post in the comm at the time. Personally, I dislike locked posts and I'm not going to throw one up for the sake of a IC 'how are you or can you come here'.
For the sake of game schematics and the fact that characters carry around a journal, what about the idea of a communal 'flyleaf'? Each char that wants to use it, posts their own header to it perhaps - instant 'IC inbox' (a rose by any other name). A blanket OOC rule that if one of these quick message threads hits say 5-10 comments, take it to a post. Thoughts?
IC Inboxes
For the sake of game schematics and the fact that characters carry around a journal, what about the idea of a communal 'flyleaf'? Each char that wants to use it, posts their own header to it perhaps - instant 'IC inbox' (a rose by any other name). A blanket OOC rule that if one of these quick message threads hits say 5-10 comments, take it to a post. Thoughts?