Staff Complaint: MattAtlas

[pvths]

BYOND Key: Fabul0usxx
Staff BYOND Key: mattlatlas
Game ID: N/A
Reason for complaint: Following a confrontation between myself and another player (Goolies, unkw BYOND key) I was immediately perma-banned from the discord by Matt, and the other player was only given a strike. 
The full conversation can be seen in the images below, but it proceeded from me giving some information in relation to an ongoing conversation about mental health medicine, and Goolies (someone I have spoken to infrequently in the discord, and literally never in dms) proceeded to call me a "fatty." In response, I said "kill yourself," and was promptly permad from the discord. Quite frankly, I see this as a complete misstep. I was upset, and I was defending myself from someone I saw as attacking me for no reason. I was offended and lost my composure, and perhaps I should not have said it, but immediately issuing me a perma (when I have never been told off for my behavior in the discord before) instead of a warning or shorter ban is an overstep, in my opinion. What he said made me angry, and if I need to apologize to the individual in question I will, but I think that reducing the ban or handing us both a strike would be a better choice. 


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[goolie]

I just want to say I didn’t know what SSRIs were at the time, and if I did, I would've understood the joke was in poor taste. I honestly thought it was some kind of gym equipment and related to muscles! In the past too, you’ve told me I need to be killed, that I’m ugly, I’m stupid, and a fat British lad in general chat. I always took that as banter and ribbing, so when I made the joke I figured it would land the same way.  Looking back, if I’d actually known what SSRIs were, I never would have said it. Still, no matter the context, telling someone to kill themselves is infinitely worse and it’s never acceptable.

[Melariara]

Hello, I will be handling this staff complaint.

Straight away, I can see you went way overboard on this. Instead of saying "hey I find that a super sensitive subject, please don't call me that," or reporting it via the AHELP bot (which itself has been pointed out many a time) and not saying anything, you said what you said and then doubled down on it when called out. 

Just as Goolies had no idea what led you to that moment, you have zero idea of the mental health of people, and basically telling people to end their own lives is horrible and also bad against mental health.

I will be upholding this ban and you may appeal it whenever. Please use the AHELP bot in future if you need it and try to ignore rude comments instead of adding to them.

Thank you