This might actually be at least partially blocktrades fault. They have been claiming new accounts and might have run themselves into debt by inadvertently spending too much RC on them.
This is a related post that touches on the issue :-
https://steemit.com/hf20/@netuoso/praise-blockchain-jesus-out-of-rc-debt-hell
No doubt it is, they also ran a half price delgation sale that I am sure ate up some of their rc's. Thanks for the link I will check it out.
They were doing this after the fork, or prior?
I love blocktrades. Just trying to get clear on the situation here.
I think they have always been buying accounts, before and after the fork.
I believe this was after the fork. Probably even after we all had our RCs topped back up.
I can't say with any certainty though without doing the research myself to confirm so you should consider my comments purely speculation at this point.