These reflect autovotes from people often reading later.  Check back in a week or two and the views often get much higher.  Also those voting my posts early tend to earn back a good payout which often makes for a positive feedback loop for authors consistently getting posts voted up to keep earning.  This does make it harder for most authors to get regular payouts which is good because those consistently contributing tend to get on autovoters in time while those just trying for a while and giving up tend to miss out.