It seems that very few are interested in my initiatives because my wallet is too small and my prizes are not large enough.
Exactly. Size matters... But that's pretty dumb actually.
I mean, just imagine having one person with 100,000 Steem Power. He or she would be able to upvote 10 posts per day, at 100% VP. If that user is a good manual curator, he or she would probably upvote 10 different authors... With a following of, let's say 1000 users, the chances of scoring a single upvote would be slim to none.
Imagine the same amount of Steem Power, 100K, distributed over more people instead. Let's say 10 people. That would basically give you a 10x higher chance of earning something.
That's also one of the reasons I want to strengthen the middle class. It would ultimately yield everyone a higher chance of earning something... But many seems to overlook that.