You do get rep. I occasionally get reputation for my own answer to my own question ( http://stackoverflow.com/q/12077126/923847 http://stackoverflow.com/q/12077

You do get rep. I occasionally get reputation for my own answer to my own question ( http://stackoverflow.com/q/12077126/923847 http://stackoverflow.com/q/12077126/923847 ). If you got some nice info, why should one not be able to share it? If you get rep, it means that it was useful for someone.