Last night I posted an open letter to Guy Kawasaki, questioning his use of Twitter to over-promote his Truemors site (a great site, by the way). I posted the article on my blog and here at Gooruze.

I was quickly told I was out to linkbait by several trusted people in this industry, and as that was not my intent, I removed the post on my blog and here on Gooruze.

My intent was conversation-baiting: What should the rules of social media be across the board? Wouldn't over-promotion be one of the universal rules not to break?

I can simply block Guy on Twitter; I'd rather not. I follow him for a reason - a glimpse into his insights. The cool or inspiring tweets between Truemors promotions.

Finally I'd ask - what is linkbaiting? Every time someone writes a post with the intent to draw in readers and create conversations = that's a form of linkbaiting no? Who writes a post thinking, "Man, I hope no one reads this or links to me!"

The beauty of social media is I've already learned volumes between last night and this morning, thanks to several diverse perspectives. I was hoping a conversation would take place on my blog; it took place through IMs, emails and social forums instead.

As always, debate and comments welcome. Vince Bank www.darwinpr.com