I think the 100k DEC fee is fair, otherwise we'll see too many proposals and I don't have time to read that much!
However, if you do have an idea you are passionate about, you can always try to mention it in Discord chat and others who believe in it too may be willing to help support it. For example, this proposal was fully funded by the community after my initial one failed.
How you know this ?
I mean the downvote-function in Hive is a strong reason to don't submit nonsense.
On the other hand I saw some player who paied 100k DEC and as special bonus they get destroyed their reputation from downvotes, also if their proposal was a good idea, just some whales don't liked it and downvote it with 100% and splinterlands was completely uninterested (I mean they could easily equalise the downvote).
It may be fair to propose that any paid for proposal that passes would get a 50k DEC refund. This could be considered a bounty or reward for presenting a passing proposal. I think that would generate a little more intrest without causing a deludge of proposals. I think its fair to reward people in this way.
Sorry. I know this is off topic.Just couldnt help not responding lol.