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If you go under your wallet here on Ecency, you can see how many points you have. Once per day you also get a free spin on the points wheel to get more, and you get points for doing things here on Ecency (posting, commenting, upvoting).
You can use them on your posts or other people's posts that you think deserve a bigger reward (most of us don't have giant votes so I like to use them for that since 150 Ecency points used on a boost will give about a $1US vote).

Wow, thanks so much. This was helpful. It seems there are super lovely people here on Hive.

Most of us who have been around a while will try and help, it's definitely a learning curve and we remember how many questions we had at the start, ha ha.

You are pretty awesome. You are paying it forward to me❤️

Aw thanks, glad to help. :)

I gotta follow you. You are just awesome

Followed back! :)
There is an "introduce yourself" community where you might want to make a first post, and a profile @heyhaveyamet that posts about new arrivals you might want to check out! :)

What is a spin on Ecency? WHere can i find an explanation?

Go to your wallet. At the top is Ecency points. After you have claimed any points you have pending, the button will change to "get points." Clicking on it will bring you to another screen where at the bottom is a button that says "free points." Click on that will take you to the spinning wheel, where you can do one free spin per day to win points.

When i claim the points the spin button does not appear. I use ecency.com/wallet. Do I need to have another wallet?

Nope, it's on Ecency. You have to give it a minute to update after you claim points, and it should look like this:

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I installed the app, logged in, made a claim, and then got "get points". Thanks a lot 😀

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What is the best way to use the ecency points we collect?

You can use them to "boost" (ask the Ecency curators to give a big vote to, though it's not guaranteed depending on the post, their vote value at the moment, etc) or "promote" (promotes it in people's feed who don't otherwise follow you) a post; you can do it on your own posts or someone else's post that is less than a day old. I like to do it on other people's posts since my normal vote is only a few cents, to give a bigger reward to nice posts that I like. :)

Great. You seem like a smart person