Ecency made a new update recently showing views on posts as well as devices used to open posts. The read time is suspect at 7.4 seconds which is odd considering Peakd shows 4.5 mins on their dashboard. (total view counters are separate between Ecency and Peakd)
Ive even had a lot of people come up to me and asked when Vibes might get a mobile app, to which my answer is almost always "never" as Vibes doesnt generate any revenue to justify further expenditure and if I made a token to support development you would all dump it on day 1, lets be honest here. 😂
Otherwise the only thing that would work would be a DHF proposal that would basically just create another Ecency or Peakd that is only sustained via DHF. Im not sure I want to do that. Im sure I dont. 😅
But I do feel there is a need from the community to shift our focus to mobile first development elsewhere where its possible. Blogging is outdated as is. Desktop focused blogging is even more so.
Now, people might conclude from the screenshot above from ecency that mobile is preferred to desktop in general. You cant really draw that conclusion from a single screenshot, but what you can do is conclude that there is visible demand for it.
That said, this should at least serve as a pointer of sorts for anyone developing Hive based apps. Maybe do some deeper market research. If we want to reach a broader audience and drive engagement, mobile-first development needs to be part of the convo.
The demand is there, its on us how we meet it.
This all ties into the wider discussion of user experience.