I really feel as if the Steem blockchain needs developers and active people working to build this platform. That is why I encourage and feel happy about anyone investing time and money to actually build and grow this platform.

That is why I really find this to be useful and a step in the right direction. The fact that the Project Hope community will then test the product sounds reasonable and nice, after all, we all want the platform to grow. The more users, the better! :)