I'm certainly hoping for this to happen. And not only with Reddit, but with Medium as well. Though they do have strong partner programmes, so we will see about that one.

That would be great, and I agree, more people, more content, and thus more potential for great content.

Steemit seems to be having a hard time getting accounts approved these days, though. I've been watching to see any updates on Velocity, but so far, nothing. Meanwhile, the accounts are trickling in compared to what they were doing four months ago. If it's keeping scammers and spammers out, maybe that's a good thing? Unfortunately, I also read about the exact opposite happening and how much resources are being used to flag it.