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Ever-so-slowly, but surely, the Comment Love concept is starting to spread beyond this site. Didn’t You Hear started a similar project couple months ago and now Trying To Follow has begun a program as well. I am deeply encouraged that this small blog is helping encourage other bloggers to help make a small, yet valuable statement/impact.

In my mind, the financial donation is by far the least important part of the idea behind Comment Love - the real beauty of it is that the blog owner creates a very clear message that not only are they willing to give back, but they are willing to do so in a very public and social manner - hopefully inspiring and encouraging others to do something similar. $30 to $50 dollars a month, while important, is still a drop in the bucket. However, using a website or blog as a megaphone for the importance of giving back to society can make big waves. Nothing is wrong with doing your part silently and I can understand peoples’ reservations to publicizing what should ultimately be a very personal and intimate decision. The intention is not to promote who is giving to charity or how much, but to promote the action of giving back.

I am deeply encouraged by peoples’ deep interest in the idea behind Comment Love and their willingness to become a part of it. It may only be a whisper, but it nonetheless gives me a lot of hope. charity, comment love, donations, giving back, public, social trying to follow

Trent is at it again. Just like what was done for With_Teeth, Nine Inch Nails released Year Zero for listening before the April 17th release date. Listen away.

As if the RIAA did not look bad enough as it is, when you have high profile musical artists that does something this progressive, the organization looks even worse. With a very forward-thinking marketing campaign, allowing the public to freely listen to the album before its release, not to mention absolutely amazing music, Trent Reznor is basically showing the rest of the music industry how things should be done. Year Zero has easily been the biggest music-related event on the internet this year - for good reason. I myself have already listened to the album and have pre-ordered the album and I suggest you do too.

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