Well, I found your post because @chireerocks resteemed it after I followed their blog from a comment they left in @steemflagrewards.
So I guess resteeming works 😉
I think often it does have a lot to do with the # of followers in the account but, as you can note in this case, not always.
As for mentions, it really depends on if the user has a notification system running such as Ginabot or a @partiko user.
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