Ecency is one of the many front ends you use to access the Hive platform, many but not everyone uses it. Think of Ecency as one of the many doors to access a house, the other ones being hive.blog, peakd.com, leo finance to name but a few.

The best way to get followers is to visit more people's blog, particularly those that you find interesting and not because they have a big fat wallet. Engage with people, comment in a meaningful manner, follow them, and make yourself known. Don't ask people to follow you because that is considered too spammy. Apart from this post, Hive account@newbies-guide also has a lot of useful information about the while Hive eco-system broken down into topics. Hope that will help you as well.