>But that greatly predates the changes in moderation strategies or hiring dang
dang explicitly states they do it differently than pg it:
when a thread turns into a political flamewar, we moderate it more than pg used to. There were many past submissions that neither users nor moderators would allow today [0]
But that greatly predates the changes in moderation strategies or hiring dang and sctb.
Surely the understanding of the site's social dynamics has evolved over time, though, and so the reasons for the same guideline are different now.