AtomStartMenu

AtomStartMenu is a YouTuber who created his channel on July 31, 2023https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUNGx6fErNVnj0027YbVaTQ/about. His content mainly revolves around exploring and messing around with many things in the Microsoft Windows operating system. He has garnered over 250000 video views and 2270 subscribers that enjoy his content. However there is a bit more behind the scenes from his YouTube videos.
He is mainly known for his "Making The Ugliest Windows Builds Ever" and "Windows Bootlegs" series'.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUNGx6fErNVnj0027YbVaTQ/playlists
==Controversies==
=== Feud with the_ra1n===
On October 7, 2023, Atom announced in his Discord that a YouTube user named @the_ra1n allegedly uploaded a video of a nightcore version of title.wma (aka the Windows XP setup music) that was allegedly a direct copy of ASM’s title.wma nightcore. 
Atom sent a strike to @the_ra1n and the video was taken down the following day, to which Atom celebrated by making announcements in his Discord server, as well as a YT Community posthttps://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxUytZ9vwr806wBmS9Ei5I-0nmn9QCnfAC and a Twitter/X posthttps://x.com/ASMWindows/status/1711055725534023852 telling @the_ra1n to "GET F**KED".
People had also claimed that the video was reuploaded, but it's a different remix from Atom's version, and thus, not a reupload.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgIYVgj2NwU
====Gallery for this section ====
File:ASM Takedown.png|Atom's Twitter (X) post about the takedown
===Envy & Doxing Plans===
Circa February 25, 2024. AtomStartMenu had made an announcement to his Discord server stating that he had officially declared war on a group known as Envy. As of August 5, 2024 there are currently between at least 40 - 90 known members in Envy, Notably “Wuigi” & (at the time) “WinDev” 
Allegedly Envy had been making plans to doxx Atom on multiple social media platforms including: YouTube, Reddit, Snapchat, Twitter (X), Instagram, and more. as well as making plans to raid the AtomStartMenu Discord. Wuigi was the leader of the doxbin while other members were feeding Wuigi information. However, someone had leaked the plans to AtomStartMenu. AtomStartMenu then decided to make his own doxbin against WinDev as an act of “self-defense” and said he would release the doxbin in the Discord, although many of the members had agreed that Atom was taking it too far and told him not to do it to which he very reluctantly agreed to not post it, yet. 
However despite the warning Atom then started a chat with a user named Shadow in the Discord's general chat room about them trying to spy in on Envy to get more information for the doxx, meanwhile sharing a photo of his doxbin so far, however this photo was uncensored, Atom deleted the photo and reuploaded a censored version. Atom also had admitted to doxing an at the time 12 year old kid who has been identified to be iPod Animates, Atom had made many allegations against him, and provided screenshots, however that does not give you the right to dox someone. Atom also deleted the announcement where he had declared war on Envy, the reasoning behind this is unknown.
In Atom's latest video, Atom made a statement at the end saying "... if you're going to immediately rush to the dislike button just because of some drama that I have forgotten about months ago, save it, will you? You're only adding more fuel to this fire which, at least in my book, died half a year ago."https://youtu.be/65mS8BGis1o?t=590 It is unknown which drama Atom is referencing but it is most likely the doxing controversy due to how major and recent it was. Atom also appears to be removing comments about the drama, including Sp1ngu7's comment which is shown in the gallery below. A test done by @OfficialRedTech showed that it took only 28 minutes for Atom to delete his comment, even though it never directly addressed the doxing.
====Interview with WinDev====
In an interview with WinDev, when asked about being in Envy and giving information to Wuigi, WinDev stated "Right, so I was for a bit of time. I shared Atom's first and last name with Wuigi expecting him to do nothing. And I feel stupid for that. I don't know what got into me. Everything from there on was SEPARATE from me and I tried my hardest to prevent Wuigi from doxxing ASM."
When asked about the doxing claims WinDev said "I never once claimed that Atom went through with the main doxx. What I did say, however, is that he doxxed me (minus a fair chunk of the information) to a group chat. Regardless, it was still a doxx and the threat was genuine." When asked about the date, "I wouldn't remember, All I know, Is that it was like, Late December 2023 - early January 2024"
WinDev also clarified that he wasn't stealing Atom's video ideas, but rather that Atom was inspired by WinDev and used his ideas, the said WinDev was stealing from him for his allegations.
====Gallery for this section ====
File:ASM Envy war.png|Announcement by Atom in the Discord Server declaring war on Envy
File:ASM Windev dox 1.JPEG|Atom asking the Discord if he should release the doxbin (EN: Final vote was 3 yes, 5 no.)
File:ASM Windev dox 2.JPEG|Asking Discord about doxing WinDev Part 2
File:ASM Windev dox 3.JPEG|Atom clarifying that Envy is also planning a dox on Atom (WinDev Part 3)
File:ASM windev part 4.png|ASM showing off his doxbin (censored for WinDev's privacy)
File:ASM Wuigi and Windev allegations.JPEG|Atom's allegations against Wuigi and WinDev.
File:ASM just expose him not dox.png|Another member telling Atom that doxxin WinDev is extreme (because it is)
File:ASM you know the risk right?.png|Someone asking Atom if its worth it (EN: its not)
File:ASM just WHAT.png|Atom admitting to doxing a 12 year old
File:Atom says windev deserved it.png|Atom saying WinDev Deserved to be doxed (even though, WinDev did NOTHING wrong!)
File:AtomStartMenu is deleting comments about the doxing|A video showcasing how ASM is deleting comments about the doxing
File:More proof that ASM is deleting comments.png|More proof that Atom is deleting comments (Left is the channel that posted the comment, Right is an alt account)
File:ASM allegations against iPod Animates.png|Atom's allegations against iPod Animates, nothing that warrants a dox however.
===Discord Server Shutdowns===
Atom's Discord server got shutdown on March 8, 2024. On March 17, 2024 YouTube user @goldfishfan._ had discovered that all of the channels in the AtomStartMenu Discord were missing. In response @goldfishfan._ had commented on Atom’s latest YouTube community post asking what happened. However Atom’s response did not clear anything up as he just responded with “wdym?”. Eventually @OfficialRedTech on YouTube clarified to Atom saying that all the channels were missing in the server and there was no channels that could be selected in the channel list. 
After that went nowhere RedTech messaged him on Discord to ask what happened. ASM claimed there was a raid threat and he used a bot to shutdown the server, which lines up with what was said earlier about the Envy raid, even if it was a few weeks after it happened. After asking if he could manually override the permissions, Atom said he probably could but since the server wasn't active he wasn't going to. 
The original comment and replies are now deleted, however the Discord conversation still exists 
About a month later the server was reopened with not a single change made. Only a few messages were sent each day before the server was locked up again after only a few weeks.
On July 12, 2024, the server was reopened again, with the reasoning for the second closure being another raid threat, this time with multiple messages about the Envy war/WinDev dox deleted.
===bub hub and Michael MJD callout===
Atom called out both bub hub and Michael MJD's tutorials on how to make Windows 10 (2015) look like Windows 7 (2009) in his latest video, saying "...And, no, I don't mean those half-assed attempts like the ones you searched up in 2019, this is the real deal..." while bub hub and Michael MJD's videos show on screenhttps://youtu.be/65mS8BGis1o?t=32. 
Both creators have not responded to the callout, and it is unlikely they ever will, however this is still important to bring up as calling out a creator or multiple creators videos by saying they are "those half-assed attempts like the ones you searched up in 2019" and claiming that yours is the real deal/definitive tutorial is and can be seen as selfish by other people and can negatively affect your reputation as a creator.
Note: Despite saying "...like the ones you searched up in 2019", both the videos shown are from 2020https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSm_mpc3Ds4 and 2021https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ZY7zDigCA.
== Sudden/Unannounced Hiatus' ==
=== First Hiatus (November 2023 - May 18, 2024) ===
Between November 2023 and May 2024, AtomStartMenu’s channel went on sudden hiatus, where no new videos had been posted and aside from a few community posts the channel was essentially dead, even having a grayscale banner. This went completely unannounced and was a surprise to many people wondering where ASM had went. ASM finally released a video on May 18, 2024 where he had claimed he stopped uploading because he got demotivated by his newest video before his hiatus “not performing well”https://youtu.be/27mwIpJH64Q?t=23. 
=== Second Hiatus (May - August 1, 2024) ===
Despite his newest video doing better than his last, ASM went on another sudden hiatus, and didn't give an update until his Discord reopened 2 months later on July 12, 2024, where he claimed that he's working on new content. ASM uploaded a new video on August 1, 2024. 
== Discontinuation ==
On September 7, 2024, Atom announced he would be discontinuing his channel and that there may be random videos unannounced but it wont happen often. Atom also claims he has moved passed the Envy and WinDev drama many months ago and they have no idea why they still want to go after them. 
== Other Non-headlining Notes ==
* Tends to comment on Zoophiles, Pedophiles, and Groomers posts on Twitter, giving them direct negative attention instead of the recommended action of reporting them to Twitter or just ignoring themhttps://x.com/ASMWindows/status/1777219149179347000.
*Is against Palestine and hates on people who support or have suffered for supporting Palestine, while supporting Israel in the processhttps://x.com/ASMWindows/status/1811673723847737607https://x.com/ASMWindows/status/1805280438539501849https://x.com/ASMWindows/status/1798079255945125941https://x.com/ASMWindows/status/1786131012382310445.
*Atom is allegedly transphobic based on some of his Twitter replieshttps://x.com/ASMWindows/status/1812857976002376060.
*Gave away free Discord Nitro Basic, however it is most likely a scam since the link that Atom sent was from https://www.discord.com/gifts, whereas a legit Discord Nitro link should be from https://discordgift.site
*Atom claims to have many other channelshttps://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxNPL072cDAfqwOjktIt2pqH3Fl31DaO80, so far three of them have been found (see AGFAnimations)
*Atom privated his Twitter account after finding this article
*Atom's Neocities website is tagged as malwarehttps://neocities.org/site/atomstartmenu
File:ASM possible nitro scam.png|Nitro Basic Giveaway
File:ASM Twitter private.png|Atom's Twitter on 9/7/24
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