Yeah I love the Ecency app too, I think being able to write and especially read content and comment from mobile is such a great advantage over the other frontends. I'm usually away from the house a fair bit, so it helps to stay active on here while away.
Also, yeah, you bring up a great point about the Ecency rewards. I very seldomly get any upvotes from Ecency, unless points have been used, which I rarely use - I mainly use points to promote posts, as I find it is far better for engagement.
I remember about a year and a half ago when I first joined, Ecency would be giving out some good upvotes of about 5-10 Euro, now it seems to only be 1 Euro on the rare occasion an upvote comes in.
I have no idea why that is; posting from Ecency, using it, and tagging it doesn't seem to help either.
Maybe, they're just trying to save their voting power to upvote people who redeem points for votes, but if that's the case, maybe they should have an Ecency.Curation account, that could solely focus on natural curation of the community.
Rightly said friend. The Ecency team needs to attract more engagements. If I can guarantee my friends that for each post with some specific quality requirements, they are sure of $1 of upvote, they would flock into Hive through the Ecency app and contribute greatly to the ecosystem.
However, I can't fault their model too much, as I am sure it is a product of some intelligent choices/decisions, even if there are definitely lots of rooms for improvement.
Thanks @killerwot for reaching out!
Ecency account has a low RC. And I think it is one of the main reasons why they reduced the upvotes.