Brad asks, "How many points would be good?"
In this thread on the News post about userpics, 
bradfitz
asks:
Just so y'know. I've given my 2c. :-)
bradfitzasks:
We never meant for those to be restrictive. Just for anti-abuse. (we're
always paranoid with new features)
The syn subsystem is pretty damn robust/fast now, though, so maybe we
should up everything.
How many syn points you think would be good?
Just so y'know. I've given my 2c. :-)