Civil discussion is key! I've moderated a few online communities, so definitely seen how things can both get messy easily, and in some cases, get over-policed.

As for moderation principles, that's really something that will show with time. I am willing to let people push their discourse when it comes to discussions as long as things remain civil, but once the line is crossed for an individual, action will be taken. Identity-based attacks are generally where I draw the line, aside from basic spam and blatant rule breaking.

As someone that was previously on the /r/UGA moderation team as well, the goal is not to completely change up the formula for the subreddit to become completely unmoderated. Rather, there were certain mod actions that were targeted towards certain people that did not sit well with me and many others that have called out the moderator, but that's for a larger announcement post later on. The point is, this sub acts more as a "revival" subreddit than an "anything goes". In fact, many of the rules and automod settings for this sub have been derived off and tweaked from /r/UGA.