This would 100% make everything worse, but it is very close to the remedy that is needed.He says the update is big to make up for the delays, which cause more delays, which leads him to promise bigger updates to make up for it and so on.
He's been in this cycle for a while. Constantly trying to justify himself, make up for things by over promising to calm people down, and then he falls off again and it repeats.
Like I said in my last post, 95% of his issues would go away if he'd stop talking.
Most people would be happy with a 2k update once per year. Yet he keeps falling over his own two feet desperately trying to prove himself and calm people down that wouldn't even be mad if he wouldn't keep trying to prove himself and "make it better".
95% of his issues would be resolved if he stopped lying, and over-promising. Solid honest communication would be a net positive for him.
Edit: Over-sharing (personal issues) is an issue for BD too, and many take it as just making up excuses.