Yes, I actually noticed even before the sudden increase to the RP threshold how MANY votes Ecency and even PeakD proposals had. That must say something, with all the promotion of the proposal going on. I think one thing that enough of the big stakeholders are bothered about by comparison is open source versus closed source, when the latter isn't generally funded by the DHF. It's true, in this case, we are talking about marketing, not development that should be funded. Another factor to consider is that sometimes votes are cast based on personal chemistry, which may exist or not. It's not the best thing to do, but understandable...
It hasn't crossed my mind that any significant stakeholder still active on Hive hasn't noticed the Inleo proposal. It would have been difficult, since they have been trying to convince people to vote on it one by one. It was definitely a choice either to not vote (as a way to vote against it) or to not vote as a way to not get involved. By the way... How do we know who has what opinion in this case?
I also think there are some legitimate debates about hitting previous targets, but they have probably been doing much better than the other marketing fund that got almost immediate support every quarter.
We are going in circles over and over again... We would like decentralization but with OUR rules, and to have control over someone else... That will not work...
I'm waiting to see what other projects get funded besides Ecency, and who will get them passed the threshold. Then, we can talk about control and centralization.