I posted a new video on the YouTube channel on Sunday along with a vertical short featuring the part where I attemped to column-shift David’s truck into second gear, which I failed at. I thought it was funny, and figured other people might think so too. Soon after posting, these two comments showed up in the feed:

I’ve posted about 80 videos over the last three years. Most of them are truck-related and they average about 500 views each. The outlier is a video I posted of Bennett’s Hudson, which is at almost 20,000 views. To this point the comments I’ve gotten are supportive, and through them I’ve met a bunch of excellent new people. This is the first time I’ve had trolls, and it bothered me for a few minutes. I did a little looking to see what the recommended course of action is: do I delete them? do I hide them? The answers are pretty mixed and they all have an effect on THE ALGORITHM.

I’m not in this to be to become famous or get advertising deals. I do it because it’s fun, I enjoy shooting and editing video, and I’ve met a bunch of people who have been able to use my videos to fix their trucks, but I’m not going to claim trolls don’t bother me. I guess I just don’t understand what would possess somebody to be a dick. It’s never crossed my mind to sit behind a keyboard and slag on people for no reason, but this is the age we live in I guess. If you put something out in the world, you’re gonna be faced with assholes, especially in this day and age when it’s easier to be anonymous. I’m not going to stop doing what I’m doing.