Technically, this is a 9/11 Selfie Post: A Thank You To Imgur

Backstory:
Many of you may have seen the "Blacksmith 9/11" video on the front page, in fact, some 89k of you did. Almost 300 of you commented and I have been reading them all. So here's the deal. That's me in the video. My name is Trenton Tye and I'm a professional blacksmith. I've made the rounds and have been on Forged In Fire (S01EP02) and have hosted an entire series for Discovery (Master of Arms). For all that, I am still just a loser in the middle of nowhere that beats on metal. I have a cool perk though in that I get to see people's honest reactions to my work out on the internet. I'm not sure "perk" is the right word as I've heard other youtubers refer to reading the comments as "self cutting". This video was taken at the end of a work day. I had a fellow on Facebook post about the whole jet fuel thing and I sent him a very polite message indicating that steel fails before it melts and referred him to several industry resources on the matter. Well, he was a nutjob and the hate/ignorance filled response i got was.... less than palatable. As I read the response, I thought to myself, "I've got a Youtube channel and a smart mouth". The video you have seen was the result and was why I was so upset. The video went up and I went home and to bed. At 7:00 the next morning, my apprentice called me and asked if I had looked at the video. I rarely do. When I turned on my computer, my email inbox just started filling up with downloaded messages. When I finally got to the view count, it was well over a million hits. Over the next ten hours as my video made the rounds, I was on news sites around the world, even RT (Moscow) called to use my video. That's when the death threats started rolling in. Over the day, I received about 50 calls with mouth breathers of various sorts, all with a myriad story of how I was going to be killed by them. Some just screamed, some ranted, I think one dude was jerking it. It was bizarre. By the end of the day, I had over 500 email threats. This is not to even speak of the 6000 comments on the youtube video, most of them completely insane. I think by the time everything settled down, I had a file four inches thick at the local sheriffs office where i was turning in threats. Now the good news is, we are well armed down here and new folks are easy to spot and aside from one or two instances, nothing in person happened. I think I was doxxed a few hundred times but the idiots didnt realize the vast majority of my info is public already because I'm kinda nobody and I do business in the public sphere. It was a video that very much changed how I do my work on the road (I perform and demonstrated blacksmithing at large events) and how much I keep eyes out for the nutter in the crowd.
The Point:
I've read comments on me and my video for five years now. Early on, it was a flood of trolls and batshit crazy people that came up with wild ideas. One guy on YT video affirmed that I was a paid CIA Disinformation Agent and he had personally seen my badge in Texas. My favorite was when one guy claimed the shop was actually a green screen. At any rate, as the years have passed, I've seen more and more sensible folks making reasonable commentary. There are still screamers out there to be sure but for a long time I worried that the crazies were unbeatable and that common sense and decorum was just something to be relegated to a fond memory. Today, someone posted clips of my video (thank you, by the way) and I got to read comments from my fellow Imgurians. By in large, I saw people making reasonable arguments, show good judgment, and not being a giant collection of trolls. After years of expecting the worst, I got to see decent folks again in the comment section. I wanted to thank you folks for that. Imgur has been a welcome relief from the ins and outs of shop life during a pandemic. Thank you folks, your decency and sense are much appreciated. -Trent

Thanks to jasonPositivityPilot for the post.

FP Edit: Thanks guys, every now and then the internet is worth the effort!