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Arguably, they inevitably have to.

What is being priced higher? Comments, which are pointedly one of the few ways that new users can get involved with activity on the blockchain without the risk of creating something via a post that no one may never see.

What is being priced lower? Votes, which earn new users no money and which have no discernible impact on their personal experience (or anyone else's, because they'll be below the dust limit) and token transactions (which new users won't have any to trade, and are even less likely to have after the hardfork which reduces even the initial SP they might otherwise start with under HF 19).

How could new users not be expected to be bearing the brunt of the new RC pricing algorithm?

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