Okay, as I am a self improving person, would it have been better if I started as:

Would you be interested to read our first DHF proposal?

I don't want to be spamming but I do want interested people to read it + take the time to understand the project.

So maybe I could say that with an honest comment about the post?

Thanks for the quick lesson we're all human.

Not going to lie, you were the first person I commented on, literally first promotion I've done besides re-blogging. So good to have a shift in strategy early. Gotta love hive.