RE: Want a Vote?

Delegation doesn't reduce your Voting Power. Since Ecency returns back 100% curation reward back to delegators, you get back your curation reward in liquid HIVE form instead of Hive Power (staked HIVE) if you were to curate maximum effort yourself. There is no lost either case, just convenience and trust. If you would like to vote yourself fully and sure you will be actively curating content, yes keeping HP to your own account makes sense. If you are not sure you can curate everyday actively then delegating will be more effective.