@Maholmire @dcc @pwm @p for me it mostly comes down to two questions:

1. Is this content illegal?

It almost never is

2. Does this content cause harm?

I don't mean like "words are violence" I mean like does posting this actively cause harm to someone. Think stuff like revenge porn, doxxing, etc.

However harming someone isn't always against the rules. e.g. telling the truth could harm someone's reputation.

99% of the time we don't have issues. Most of the moderation is actually dealing with Mastodon instances.

Basically I just try to do what I think is right and so far it's worked pretty well.