that would drive more users to just upvote every meme they see regardless of whether they like it or not. upvoting is for good memes, not for getting points.
Like beez said, it only compels people to upvote memes for points.
And not only that, but those memes that say “when you realize upvoting gives you points” would skyrocket on the front page. We can’t afford that.
No cause I spend all night upvoting hundreds of random memes. If I actually got real points for it, it would be too easy to just upvote everything and rule imgflip...
No, I just think I deserve points for all my hard work downvoting trolls!
[I'm joking here. I don't have enemies or downvote people. This was sarcasm.]