[ Sept 16 2020]
Hey, been a while right? I stopped working on Jappleng
in February, got really burnt out from it. Let's just say it's been
a project that I worked on since Dec 2005 on my own. It's been
through many revisions, it had a few phases of communities and even
at some point it was "the place" to go. But, It's always been
a constant struggle to keep up with making the site modern and
better. I had to do 3 back-to-back revisions that took a few years
just to catch up. To put it plainly, it sucked the life out of
me.
I want to keep working on the project but I might have to
downsize it. It's a free to use project and I don't profit from it
in any way so likewise, it's not an easy task to find volunteers.
BUT, Jappleng is pretty ambitious with its goals and it would be
fun to see it strive again.
What can be changed that appeals to most people?
I don't know. I know making an app would help, but it would
take a lot of time I think. But I do want to build a phone app for
it, but only if the website can have a modest community.
What you can do to help:
If you would like to help, and I know it's asking for a lot
but consider this. I spent about 30,000hours on this project. It
seems ridiculous but if you consider the amount of revisions I put
into the site over 15 years and the tremendous aount of articles I
wrote (most which aren't online anymore because sections were
removed), then it starts to make sense. The only thing I ask is for
people to help cheering me on, commenting on this post for example
to say "keep going!" or join our discord channel, use our forums
daily, and push to help make the community active.
Basically, when people become active, others will follow
because there are a lot and I mean a lot of lurkers here. Hundreds
come every day. So please consider lending your helping hand
and I promise I can push myself to build Jappleng into an exciting,
fun-filled J-Communtity.
Thank you!!
