I also have a friend who is wondering how much a Reddit account sells for…

You ad an individual no. You as a collective yes. What is good for the collective (society) may be individually good for you.

Don’t question it, just enjoy it. You are now part of the greater Lemmy world. In five years you can break out the ‘I have been on Lemmy since the bean incident’ and all the originals will sound off with you while the new lemmings won’t get the inside joke.

You belong now.