Brilliant article. However I think people quote references, citations etc for many reasons not connected to envy or jealousy. (1) we are thought to do this in college, in academic environments, so as to avoid plagrism by making it appear we said things that others said. There is no jealousy or envy involved, just respect and giving due credit (2) I agree the focus is on SEO a lot, and that can take away one's own voice, etc. But this is reality and how Internet works. Material is ranked and only by using SEO optimisation will bloggers, website owners etc get people landing on their blogs etc. This, of course, is marketing but it isn't jealousy or envy. When I read good writers, I am happy they wrote so well and feel no jealousy. As in real life, I am sure there are those who are jealous of good writers, but it is probably more their personality and they are very jealous resentful people. One someone off-line years ago asked me how they could crash someone's website! I was shocked at this question and wanted to know why they would think of doing something like that. This person also seems jealous about other things, and there are many like that. Your thinking on jealousy and envy, in terms of writing is original and quite a refreshing take. One can loose one's own voice by quoting, citations, references etc, and if can also be very exhausting. I've recently written stories with many references to back up my stories (who said what, when, where, and research studies). Academically that is probably good amd even non-acadenically, buy the truth is that these stories took up a lot of time and energy. Quoting so much made me absolutely exhausted after I finished. So I get your point in many ways.