I'm not saying there's no benefits but getting a meme to frontpage isn't gonna do much. If you can write a great post, provide a ton of value and subtly drop an affiliate link you can make a bit of money but honestly I don't see majority of the content being stuff that is monetized. I suppose growing your account allows you to have more reach but I don't see people making money off Reddit as easily or in the same ways as Steemit.