Just imagine if Hacker News gave a monthly 'points' stipend to every user. You wouldn't have to earn up-votes or make popular submissions-- the upvote 'points'

Just imagine if Hacker News gave a monthly 'points' stipend to every user. You wouldn't have to earn up-votes or make popular submissions-- the upvote 'points' would be equitably distributed among all readers. What would that do to the discussions? Would it encourage more free dialogue? Would it help promote more civil discourse? Serious question. It seems like a close model to UBI. Is there a point-counting-forum that has tried this?