This is a general phenomena.

Very few of us like to compare ourselves to people who we consider better than ourselves. One common solution is to put the person we don't want to compare ourselves with on a pedestal. If they are a guru/deity/whatever then it makes no sense to compare them with mere mortals like ourselves. The other reaction is to try to cut them down so that we can feel more comfortable comparing ourselves to them. Often you see both reactions in the same person.

You appear to get both responses. On the one hand you get called a guru. On the other hand you get accused of having a bot at hand. In both cases I believe that the best thing for you to do is to stay aware of the fact that what the other people are trying to do is not to specifically boost your ego or cut it down to size, instead it is a self-defence mechanism for protecting their own egos.

With that insight you should be able to see the process at work in other situations. For instance I think that it is a large part of the reaction that merlyn gets. The treatment of "geeks" and "nerds" by the general public. The way our society reacts to fame of any sort. If you look around you will have no problem accumulating specific examples.

In fact this twin reaction is closely related to the general phenomena of dominance hierarchies. The two ways of handling an individual you see as above you in the pecking order are to either prostrate yourself or mount a challenge. And no matter how inappropriate this reaction may be to industrialized civilization, the reaction is wired into us as a species.

If you want to understand exactly how deeply it is wired into us, and what some of the consequences are, then I can highly recommend Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan. (If, for instance, you don't understand why a certain four-letter word is used in the ways that it is, this book should give you some perspective on the connections between sex and dominance in primates.)