I still keep the points, so perhaps a loss of possible future points. The points don't bother me, I restart antonymous accounts on occasion. I kind of use points to get an idea of where other peoples opinions which is half the reason I use this site. A negative signal to something I think is good is actually more interesting than a positive signal. I'm more worried about the damage such actions do to the 'market place of ideas' and if it hasn't pushed me away then perhaps it has pushed others that I'm interested to hear from. And if so where have they gone. Once I become disinterested in the opinions of others on this site then it's unlikely I'll have any further use for hacker news - and I'm getting pretty close to that point.