I'm for antipoints if they're used correctly. It seemed like many people abused them over the years, and now I don't notice people using them as much. I know its kind of like hoping for a utopia in a way. Theres going to be abuse. But it did set AO apart from any other forums I've used before. As for their prominence when the site was more active and having to do with the decline I'm not sure, but bringing back their use is definitely a possible way to bring people to AO. If there were just a way to minimize the abuse. Also, it was much better when you could see who gave you points. I think it was stupid when they stopped showing up. (i know there was an issue with getting it to work with the new forum software)

I know I was a little paranoid when I joined that I would get negged for posting something stupid, but I don't think I'm normal. But at the same time it's still probably good to give the impression that you have to do something really stupid to get negged.