Posting your promises to elevate the stakes

A teenager known as glamourista16 confessed to the YouTube masses: "My friend got me addicted to chipotle and I cannot stop."

So began a nearly five-minute video about her resolution to stop indulging in fast food.

Thousands of these New Year's resolution videos were uploaded to YouTube. At the same time, Facebook, Twitter and other sites like 43Things are riddled with posts about promises to run marathons, learn Spanish and floss teeth.