Nothing to do with luck, it's what's plaguing the platform and should be dubbed whale nepotism.
The photo is meh at best, not great framing or subject matter and likely a snap shot with a point and shoot. Bring on the circle jerk of one whale and their friends. Should a non whale post this, maybe $0.39 if we're judging this post on content instead of the content creator.
This is what's wrong with the platform.