First of all, this is not a 'rate for rate'-post.

The 'rate for rate'-posts has now become a really big issue. I do understand why you are writing them, but first of all it should not be necessary to write this kind of posts, because 'rating for rating' should just be something that naturally happens when you give a bit of feedback to other games.  The other part of the issue is that it gives way too much intension to those 'rate for rate'-posts games, and this take a way the time and intension from everybody else.

The idea with game jams is NOT that we shall be begging for ratings or feedback, it should be a natural part of game jams that if you plays, rates and give feedback to each other's games, then the same will of cause also happen to your game. But I can clearly see that it's not happening enough right now.

Overall I want this to be a fun game jam for all of us. There is a lot of new game jammers here, and  they shall really not be begging for intension through 'rate for rate'-posts.

Instead of using 'rate for rate'-posts, you should go and find the games in the submission page, and for now mostly play games that has less then 20 ratings. And when you play those games, it should always be a good idea to give some constructive feedback, because then there should also come ratings and feedback back to your game.

Let us all be better game jammers, and let's make this into a better game jam for all of us.

I 100% agree bro, this is my first game jam but i ALWAYS avoid the rate-for-rate posts. I refuse to get a good rate just because i rated some other probably garbage game as they are begging for good rates. This is supposed to be fun, which it is, but every rate-for-rate post drains the fun by 00000.1 percent. It add up.

I agree, it's a lot more fun to promote others' games that you think deserve attention.
Something to do instead of chasing ratings is to chase good games to rate.
It will give you insight into what others did great with the theme and their time in the jam and can therefore serve as a collection of inspiration for your future game jams, as well as contribute to the community.
Try to improve your own developing skills without getting too self-centered.
Game jams are all about community, so in my opinion, the best types of ratings and feedbacks are from those that found you through a sincere post in the community tab, a shoutout, or on their own game page when you rated it.

And in the worst case you won't get enough ratings, but what's the harm in that? I rather get insufficient high-quality ratings with great feedback than ass-kissers that rate my game low without playing it and begging me to play their game in the comments x)
I'm not provoked by someone doing this, just giving some examples and my two cents on this :)

I also agree, I think the games title and thumbnail should speak for itself.

It's interesting seeing that a lot of the 'rate for rate'-posters don't seem to be in any kind of hurry to rate all the games.