Just checked the link to the reddit thread and it already has an answer posted:

"Hi, I would be interested to discuss Gridcoin with you and others!

However, I do not yet quite understand,what exactly is this steemit and what does it have to do with any kind of funds you want to give to people?

Rob, the developer of Gridcoin, is really the one who deserves it all. He created all of Gridcoin on his own, the technology is amazing and still vastly underestimated in the crypto world, the rest of us are really just here to help spread the word about Gridcoin"