How do we fix this? I suppose finding ways to spread the word better must be a part of it?
I think there are different layers at work here. The end-side one is editorialization, that is the maintainance of curated content known to be of interest.
But the first one is simply to get a couple of people to review the work. In my experience, that's the hard one. These persons must be interested, qualified, and see the potential quality of stuff that, precisely, has not been curated yet.
Spreading the word may be a starting point, but in my experience again, people will tell you that, as the creator, you are also supposed to be the publicist - while this is in fact a completely different mindset.
Stef