I think Steem being low might have something to do with it...but I think it's just general laziness, possibly combined with people just not reading posts.

I miss a lot of posts on my feed though, so maybe it's just that not enough people catch it.

I would think that people from countries that have a lot lower cost of living would be trying to enter as many contests as possible though, as a single win could be as much as they earn in a day or even a week. We're just not seeing that for some reason.