To think they could be selling them for $100 and up for such old normie accounts.
https://www.playerup.com/accounts/redditaccount/
https://www.epicnpc.com/forums/reddit-accounts.1277/
So no, not just for prestige value. Do you know how libs check things like account age to comb for bots and shills? To get around that, just buy an account.
You don't even have to go to somebody as rich as Bill Gates. Holders of a company's stock don't suddenly go into debt when the company takes out a loan and isn't profitable yet.