This site was confusing for me to get started on and use to begin with. Now, we have an ambiguous cost to even post things. One method of helping prevent this confusion, though, would be to have some kind of indication on how much RC you will be spending when posting something(information dialog: "This post will cost 3.12 RC."). But that also doesn't help with another problem this introduces.

Smaller users have less capability to post, meaning new users have a harder time getting started on the site. Meanwhile, larger users will be able to continue growing, as they have plenty of RC to use for various activities. This kind of favoring larger creators over smaller users might kill the platform, as the user base stops growing and even dwindles, the smaller users feel betrayed due to the sudden downtime and lack of clarity on these design decisions. The whole thing has me very discouraged on the life expectancy of Steemit.