Yeah...we're bound to get newbies who might want to publish some day, so it'd just be good to say "hey, the industry thinks like this sometimes". A lot of writers are paranoid, because there have been a few cases of theft. And every agent has their own opinion or lack of one about whether you've "spoiled" a story or not by putting it online. A snippet of a novel usually won't get you in trouble.....a whole short story, probably. If I do a full chapter, it's always friends-locked. I hate seeing people taken advantage of.