Thanks for the reply! On number 8, I'm not referring to bad publicity. Basically, I just mean that people should get credited for their work and ideas. For an example of what I mean, you can look at the beneficiary settings for cited authors in any of the posts from my daily Science & technology digest series.

You're right that linking to someone can be valuable, so if it's just a mention, and my sole intention is to draw attention to someone's post, then maybe I don't need to assign a beneficiary for them. But if I'm harnessing their creativity and using it to draw rewards for myself, then I think that a beneficiary setting is appropriate. I guess there is a sort-of a grey area as to exactly how much incorporation of ideas is enough to merit reward sharing.