As I write this, I am on the way to Seoul where social media's just made a phenomenal star out of a slightly overweight Korean rapper who probably didn't even forsee that his horse-like dance move on YouTube would become the sensation it has.

Psy's Gangnam video has not only spawned copycats - even copy-pandas in this version - round the world but has also drawn tourists to Seoul to take photographs under the Gangnam street sign. (PS I didn't find the sign tonight otherwise I'd have done so too.)

Meanwhile, in today's edition of the Straits Times, there's a headline, "Firing exec was difficult but necessary: NTUC chief".

Amy Cheong, who was sacked from her job at the National Trade Unions Congress for a remark she made on Facebook about Malay weddings and why they should be banned, also probably didn't forsee the consequences of her actions.

Her post spawned a storm on social networks, led to her sacking, an explanation by her employer, and a response from the Prime Minister on his Facebook page.

Ms Cheong is not the first nor will she be the last person to have her life changed by this social revolution that's sweeping our world, a movement that's completely blurred the line between our private and business life, our real life and our virtual life, that we no longer know where the lines in the sand are.

And if adults can't figure that out, can you imagine what it's like for children? I've got friends whose kids have been on social media since they were toddlers. In the beginning, their parents may have created the pages for them but as they grew up, they've "managed" their own presence.

I see posts from adolescents and teenagers and I wonder who's guiding them through the morass?

Full story:

www.webintravel.com//blog/how-social-media-can-be-a-loaded-weapon-and-why-coaching-is-needed_3413