Youd be surprised how many ICOs shy away from progress bars especially the automated kind theirs a lot of repercussions to displaying live data as people tend to use it to lead to conclusions about the project
definitely, no would want to invest in a project that is no meeting up with it set goals and i think it better they don't keep progress bar maybe timely update would be better
Automated Update could be a easy option for Transparency!
I mean you wouldn't trust something you first get to know, they might fake things out in a progressbar with showing numerous sells and stuff!
And Automated things are not bad, it may seem weird to see something at 0! but honesty with your client is really important!