Maura Johnston commented on The Return of Pay Per Post and the End of Twitter: Internet as One Long, Subversive Ad

""We are not trying to turn Facebook and Twitter into one giant spam network."

Maura Johnston commented on The Long Island Tween Justin Bieber Riot of '09: Pandemonium, Arrests, Terror-Tweeting

"@Maura Johnston: er, Bieber/Palin '12."

Maura Johnston commented on The Long Island Tween Justin Bieber Riot of '09: Pandemonium, Arrests, Terror-Tweeting

"@belltolls: Thank God he's 15 and Canadian, otherwise someone would float a "Bieber/Palin '09" trial balloon."

Maura Johnston commented on Just 'Chill' About Adam Lambert's Gayness

"adam lambert, company man."

Maura Johnston commented on The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"

"@Phyllis Nefler: Yeah, it has a nice long-short vowel combination. Also I co-sign the call to action in this post, although the ever-despondent side of me thinks that there are probably preliminary battles that need to be won first."

Maura Johnston commented on New York Times Fires Freelancer for Misunderstanding Ethics Rules That the New York Times Also Misunderstood

"@Seeräuber Jenny: "BTW, what happened to the fellow who used to contribute The Unethicist pieces?" Gabe Delahaye runs Videogum.com, a blog about TV, movies, and viral videos."

Maura Johnston commented on How Did Michael Buble Become the Biggest Star on Earth?

"@Maura Johnston: (One could also hazard a guess that both the indie explosion of recent years and the "Twilight" phenomenon are seen in magic-mirror-inflated form thanks to this thing that you and I are typing on, here."