New Rule - No Armchair Diagnosis
We have just added a new rule to the subreddit regarding armchair diagnosis of mental illness or drug use. I have avoided taking action on such messages so far, honestly out of anger, but it has been pointed out to me that nothing justifies such messages towards Matt and I must agree with that logic. Its not that I care about how it impacts Matt, but I do care about how it impacts anyone else. I do not want to belittle anyone else's mental struggles, and I know I have had plenty of my own over the past several months.
Therefore, I need to ask everyone to please refrain from messages implying that Matt Mullenweg is mentally unwell or ill. I don't like to restrict people's ability to discuss this issue but I also want to be able to prevent the subreddit from being astroturfed by reports and I want everyone of all stripes to feel safe here.
There is one other reason to do this - so that Matt cannot justify his actions in this way. His actions otherwise are not that of an unwell person, just of an entirely self centered one. He is not doing these things because he is unwell, but because he genuinely believes he is in the right here and all of us victims are just collateral damage. It would be understandable if he was unwell, and in contrast it is his obvious fitness otherwise that makes it so outrageous.
Repeat after me - "Matt Mullenweg is a big poopyhead."
EDIT: This applies to drug use as well, addiction is a mental illness and it can impact anyone.