It might discourage trolling

No, it doesn't make you lose points

its a suggestion

I’m suggesting that getting downvotes should make you lose points

Nah

That would encourage trolling

I mean, it would keep people from making troll-like posts. But then again, I’ll probably suffer from it when I make pro-school memes in the fun stream.

I feel like that's a bad idea

Yeah, but it could discourage trolling

But it could easily do the opposite

and politics. no explanation needed there

Understandable. I know a lot of users who post mostly politics, and I don’t want them to struggle because of it.

No

No. Then people who accidentally piss people off will loose points for nothing

Yeah, I kinda get that. I want to be able to make memes about enjoying school (that I know get a lot of downvotes) without worrying that I’ll suffer for it.

Yeah. It’s just better with no consequence. It can also be exploited.
1. People who hate top leaderboard people will make alts and mass downvote.
2. Those alts will upvote the person, getting them to the top.
3. The people at the top won’t be the people with the most points, they will be people who’s alts helped them get there.