Finally some nice positive feedback and comments from the recent news of clear launch dates for SMT. In the replies to @steemitblog i saw mostly criticism and complaints, which i think is a bit sad and disappointing, especially as it came from a lot of higher ranked members of the steemit community.  

I think these are awesome news and it gives me a big relief. Some claim that posting a date so far away even makes things worse, while in the same time people have been complaining the whole year about Stemmit INC not beeing direct and transparent enough with information about the progress, thus i find it quite contradictive. 

I think this announcement as this time is perfect, and should put people at easy, and as you mention it is even necesseary, as people who want to launch Smts need to know this time frame. Like you i will use this time wisely and collect more Steem.