diff --git a/ethereum/contracts/core/Forum.sol b/ethereum/contracts/core/Forum.sol
index 7c1553a..0ea5b43 100644
--- a/ethereum/contracts/core/Forum.sol
+++ b/ethereum/contracts/core/Forum.sol
@@ -155,10 +155,14 @@ contract Forum is Reputation {
                 if (balanceOf(post.author) < post.reputation) {
                     // If author has already lost reputation that was gained from this post,
                     // that means other DAO members gained it through policing.
-                    // Here we preserve the sum of members REP but decrease the sum of posts REP.
+                    // We have to increase the magnitude of the amount we're "refunding", which is expressed as a negative number.
+                    // This has the effect of preserving the sum of all members' REP.
+                    // However, we still set the post reputation all the way to zero.
+                    // So we end up decreasing the sum of all posts' REP.
                     refundToInbound -= int(
                         post.reputation - balanceOf(post.author)
                     );
+                    console.logInt(refundToInbound);
                     _update(post.author, address(this), balanceOf(post.author));
                 } else {
                     _update(post.author, address(this), post.reputation);