Most people don't know this but I only started to care about Bitcoin and privacy at the middle of 2023. I was a normie shitcoiner not too long ago so my opsec still had many holes and I pissed some shitcoiners off because of a wrong action I took, and doxx/family threats happened. It only takes one wrong action for everyone to treat you like a monster. I've said and done things in the past that I no longer agree with, but changing people's perception of me is nearly impossible.
I think you just started to change the perception of some people on you with this. Fwiw, I think you're on a good path now.