I do agree with you 100% that it is much easier to actually get better ratings having less of them. It really boils down to your motivations. I did terribly in terms of the ratings -I’m something like 1300th BUT!
But this does not matter for me. It was my first jam, so it was much more important to get real, meaningful feedback. I think I got comments regarding almost all aspects of the game. This is awesome. It will help me in the future in case I decide to make game with similar elements.
It will also help me to improve the game I submitted and make it more „approachable” for anyone that will decide to give it a try in the future :).