I can see where the author is coming from. On reddit people are looking for karma sure or possibly are even being payed to influence the discussion but on steemit people are literally begging for money with every post or comment, upvote even. When I look at a lot of peoples post history its just sad the volume of mostly decently interesting/well crafted posts with little to no monetary reward and usually no comments.
I prefer the way reddit organizes people into categories based on interests. The tags are helpful but its not the same feeling as a subreddit where you get inside jokes and a feeling of community. Just my opinion though no need to worry if you like it here, I do plan to continue visiting steem here and there.
RE: Can Reddit survive while Steemit.com is there?