I have written a post on this today only, I am going to copy and paste my answer here from my post!
Catchy Title - The first thing that anyone would see about the post is the heading so it has to be not only relevant but catchy enough to attract the readers. It should not be very simple like plain words but not too fancy that is not understood well by people. It should right to the point catching the attention of the readers.
Clickworthy Thumbnail- It plays a key role in defining the context of your post, one who doesn't get enough clarity through the heading might try to understand using the thumbnail. If it's a post related to personal experience or art, try using real imagery.
Content is the king - When someones drops by your post, they would read some of it. The content has to be something fresh and interesting for the user to reader. Someone spending 2 minutes on your post might feel it worthwhile and then only will they upvote.
Formatting Matters - A hapazardly written post will not allow the user to spend much time on your post because they might feel it difficult to run through the post and find content suitable to them. Using heading tags, font styles and bullets really helps to give a proper structure to your post and makes it presentable and legible.
Searchable Tags - Nobody checks your post to read what tags you have used but tags allow users to reach to your post easily. A foodie would want to search food related tags, see what related tags are being used and searched and use them wisely in your post.
Title and picture is another one of the great reason that attract curation.
The title of your content must be really traumatic and must attract the audience and the community.
don't like the title of your content be sold or because people won't bother to read the full content no matter how quality the content is.
Some people will write 1000 words and they won't get any food while some people will write just less than 200 words and because of their title they will get rewarded greatly
this is fantastic, but the truth is that it has not really been working. there are some people here irrespective of how bad whatever they have written might be they will always get upvoted just because they are well connected to those that really matter in the community. i sense politic in the way upvote is being done in this community