I think if Jim had a problem with you wasting his valuable electrons, he'd let you know. If what you write is worth reading (and it seems interesting enough to me) then in time, as others became familiar with your work, they'll see your thread, contribute- rather than just questioning your motives, and eventually someone would go to your site first and post your article here.
You nailed it.
The problem is that the blog pimps are too lazy to do any heavy lifting. If this feller had posted his full length article and I felt it was good I would have visited his blog. I however won’t now because he took the lazy path rather than put some effort out.
I don’t do business with people who cheat at golf either.