As someone who has mentioned this guy's blog pimping, I am still waiting for that George Soros check to come rolling in. It's why I joined FR 12 years ago, I was part of the BPP (Blog Pimp Project). Soros is very forward looking.
All I have ever said is that FReepers who re-post a piece from their personal blog ought to post the article in its entirety, not make other FReepers go to their web site. There are no copyright issues for their own stuff, so why do they want us to go to their site to read it? The obvious answer is that they want to use FReepers to increase their hits. And they do it in a disingenuous way, by making it seem as though they are posting a third party original piece that they found and are sharing, not mentioning that it is their own stuff.
Lots of FReepers have their own blogs and occasionally post stuff from them here. Not all of those FReepers are so dishonest about their motives.
Ever since Willie Green stopped posting, the entertainment value of FR has dropped significantly. ;-)