Plankton/Red Fish: Stop posting…without knowing how much RC does an operation cost?

in #steem5 years ago

With the new HF20, like many others, I’ve found myself seriously limited in posting and commenting. I was curious to know how much RC is consumed by the steem operation I use the most.

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So here is the list of operation I tried and their approximated RC cost:

OperationsRC cost
Vote276 940 689
Comment 165 characters
(33 words) with photo 1.5Mo
2 926 590 969
Comment with 67 characters lvl 33 428 291 831
Resteem103 667 570
Post @actifit 118 characters
using android app
2 079 526 543
Post @steepshot one photo 2.5Mo
web interface
2 322 265 335
Unfollow66 359 488
Follow69 506 510
Redeem reward55 009 303
Transfer271 731 032

First thing, the RC cost estimate given on steemd for a post (1 570 000 000) is way underestimated, especially for a comment of lvl 3 (reply to a reply of a comment). And resteeming a post is not worth it.
Now, it’s no big deal if you are not a plankton, but if like me, you only have 15SP, here how it translates to your total SP:

Operations% for 15sp
Vote0.72%
Comment 165 characters
(33 words) with photo 1.5Mo
7.66%
Comment with 67 characters lvl 38.7%
Resteem0.27%
Post @actifit 118 characters5.44%
Post @steepshot one photo
web interface
6.08%
Unfollow0.22%
Follow0.23%
Redeem reward0.17%
Transfer0.85%

You can only post or comment twice a day, and vote a few times if you don’t want to burn all your RC in a week (considering ~20% are recharged in a day) … This RC system, I don’t get it… For example, if someone read this post and comment, I won’t be able to answer them if I want to keep my RC… Where is the social part of that?

If there is something I missed, you can add it in the comments. Does the cost vary? With what? Why are comments costing more?

Thanks for reading. Hope it helps the new steemian find a balance.

Ps: How I calculated it? I waited for 100% RC, did the operation, calculated the difference right away from steemd.

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