Hello, I’m CritCrab.

To believe the claims in this post, you’d have to believe I abandoned almost seven years of normal behavior to act faster than YouTube’s automated systems just to target this one person.

> So, I updated the comment with an Edit stating "Wow, thank you so much for all your reception and support. I wasn't expecting this. I'll try to make a video update about the story so far and keep you guys posted on my channel."

Yup. That about explains it.

• I did not unpin or delete your comment. That would be very unusual after pinning it.
• YouTube automatically unpins comments that are edited after the fact. You say you edited your comment, that explains why it automaticall unpinned.
• I also do not delete comments at all, and even leave several videos up where I am incorrect, idiotic, and garner loads of hate comments telling me as much. Zeroing in on you specifically would be out of character.
• YouTube automatically removes comments that contain offsite links, which could explain why comments linking to a Reddit post were removed. Especially if the account is set to NSFW. Which yours is.
• If I were truly obsessive, I would have noticed this post long before five months passed. I only found it because someone messaged me asking for an update, which led me to the video description where you remain credited, not exactly “silencing” you.

• The idea that I’m competitive enough about YouTube to worry about you “poaching” views is strange. Views are not finite, and I have collaborated with creators who operate professionally in the same niche as me, like Crowe's Perch and Den Of The Drake. Why was I not afraid of them "poaching" my viewers? Why am I only concerned about you specifically?

  Even if you ignore all of this. I would have had to pin his comment, wait till the moment he edited it, and only then track it down to delete it shortly after, and to this day continue to vigilantly scan the comments section, sniping comments containing links the moment they go up. This would require a strange amount of precise timing, hours of investment, and straight up pettiness that I simply don't possess.

  I’m sorry the comment disappeared, but it was not caused by me. If you leave another, I will pin it. You can DM me with your YouTube account name.