Firstly, the value of the payout directly influences where the post appears on the Trending and Hot list. Indeed, the only way for a post to get eyeballs is increasing the payout. So, it's a very direct way to get a lot of new readers.

Secondly, Curie resteems the exceptional posts. That automatically gets it exposure to the 4,000 followers Curie has.

Apart from that, if you have any suggestions, please let Curie know.

Finally, this is a very small project currently and only has a very specific niche it functions in with no intention to grow. The project has been gradually downscaling for the last 6 months.