Lately, I'd say within the last month or so, I haven't received any negative feedback. I think there comes a time where everybody finally gets used to seeing you as a bearded person, and if you do your best to keep your beard looking nice, most people can respect that. I think also once you get past a certain length, people seem to be more enamored with your face forest. They want to know how long you've been growing it, how you keep it looking nice and why it is so soft. On the flip side, there will always be dbags that want nothing more than to make others feel bad.

In 1567, Hans Steininger, the burgomaster of Braunau (then Bavaria, now Austria), died when he broke his neck by tripping over his own beard. The beard, which was 4.5 feet (1.4 m) long at the time, was usually kept rolled up in a leather pouch. --source (Beard Responsibly, my friends)