I don't think his idea is to remove points completely - they would still determine where the comment gets placed on a page, they just wouldn't be displayed as p

I don't think his idea is to remove points completely - they would still determine where the comment gets placed on a page, they just wouldn't be displayed as prominently. This would really change the UX of the site, actually - I find myself scanning over just points/names after having read the first few posts in a long thread.