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by anxiously 1348 days ago
I don't know if this helps or not, but I actively don't follow any blogs/vlogs that claim to be doing a grandiose undertaking (building an os, making a game, building an mmorpg, etc).

These projects all end up the same-- 1~30 entries and then stale with no updates for several years (or ever again). I don't want to commit to something that will never be finished.

How can you make content like this that I would be engaged in? Perhaps finish the project first, and then blog/vlog the steps. If I knew there was an end (even if it ended up not being "completed"), I would be much more willing to commit to it.

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I understand this completely. And I intend to do so when the project is complete, don't you worry. But I also think that by putting the project out into the world it will maybe push me towards completion. But I will be vlogging and blogging and coding my little heart out and then upon completion, I'll make an updated post for SURE
I understand _why_ people post things like this. In my experience very few people follow through with the projects because accountability and internet points are not a very strong force.

I have fallen into the same trap myself (I have dozens of half-baked projects).