Thanks for playing! The scoring system (penalizing for locations) is based on the board game Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective, which I agree was somewhat weird (and why our group personally didn't care much about the score when we play). I think when I made it the online profiles counted toward the locations by default, and also because I didn't feel like I had enough locations without them. But I think you're right that they shouldn't be the same penalty - maybe a partial penalty since it would still take some time reading them? And narrative consequences would be super cool but also require a lot more story making!