My first post using Ecency. How is it working out?
HIVE is known for its tremendous amount of front-ends which can be a bit confusing for when you start with posting. Usually I stick to using only 1 front-end because it you get used to where stuff is located in your browser, and I am really sometimes just a n00b for change. So I was always using Peakd, where I am very happy with.
Stuff that matters to me is easily seeing notifications, and when writing a post seeing the preview all in the same page, together with a wordcount. Also when you put in images it should be easy to preview how this looks, because sometimes I tend to mess things up a bit from an layout kind of perspective. Not that much I would say. So peakd was always doing the trick for that.
Today I am experimenting with the app from ecency.com , to see how this works. You might know this one from back in the days when it was still called Esteem and was working for the other blockchain, but thos days are behind now and this is the new drill. I used Esteem every now and then then, remembering that they had a desktop application which I wasn't too fond of for some reason, and I always used busy.org for that reason. (again back in the days before HIVE was born). Let's take a look on how it works and what the pro's and con's are.
The mobile version
I work a lot shifting back and forth between desktop versions writing text and adding pictures in from my mobile, so the mobile version is important to me. When I was trying to import photos just now on my mobile I noticed there was an option to upload, but at least on my android eventually it was never an option to click that button, because with the textpad popping up only the adding in links for photos was an option. I don't know if this is a bug or just me, but this is kind of a con for me. Suggestions are very welcome ;)
Also I havent seem to find a spot like Peakd has to go to the HIVE/HBD market to exchange you HBD. There is a convert button but converting sucks because you can not see the exchange rate, which I do find important. Again, I am still on the hunt and suggestions to this one are also welcome.
Rewards
Now Ecency works with a rewards system called Ecency points. With these points eventually you can use them to boost a post or promote them. You collect these points by just using the front-end as you usually do with posting, commenting and voting. The regulars. For me this sounds like an extra bonus when just doing what you already do.
Now I haven't reached the 250 points for promoting my post as yet, so I can not tell you about the amount of rewards on there, but it has a calculator to tell you how much reward is expected on a post which is really neat.
I will read some FAQ on how to actually use this, but from what I have seen this should be very easy.
Layout
I do like the lay out of this frontend. It is easy and fresh, and where buttons are located is just a matter of looking around for a bit but it feels natural enough to get the hang of it fast.
Again how posting in lay out looks is important to me, and I like how this is working. Also I really love the fact that when you are replying to a post, underneith the post you see more of the persons work including avatars which makes it really appealing to click through to someones work. That is surely a plus!
All in all there is enough the see and learn about the ecency.com browsing page and maybe I will come with an update when I have figured out some more stuff. I hope a lot of users do try this, because I know that the team has been around already for a long time, and deserve traction for all of their effort.
For now, absolutely worth the try!
It looks good to me, I'm using ecency mobile for posting. It was bit slow and loading a lot before. Now it's pretty fast with the recent update. Thanks @ecency I can post in any community like #leofinance and #dbuzz using ecency mobile app.
Good to hear you are enthusiastic dude! With using the tags you can post in any community at the same time right?
Yes use tags next to community ID
I am still using StackEdit and copy paste to hive, perhaps it is time for changes!!
I should go back and give it another go.. for now I'm just a Peakd girl.
I'm using ecency.web regularly, because is very fast and light with a clean UI.
Yay! 🤗
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