1. I think people that steal others ideas get found out - you can tell people that really know their stuff from people who don't.

2. I also think the online community is becoming more expectant of proper referencing and credit. We're in a new normal where crowd knowledge is a standard model, where we expect to share ideas and build knowledge collaboratively.

3. The true guru's out there are those that share freely. They deserve all the credit that they get.

4. I always feel pretty junior compared to what I read and so I don't blog myself (though I am thinking about it for the future), but if I do, the primary reason would be to help me learn the concepts more rigorously, followed by the hope that it'd help someone else (just one would be enough), and also to help network with peers.

Can't believe anyone would really see it differently.