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I got an account warning for saying I would curb stomp a crab that was trying to eat a baby sea turtle on /r/interestingasfuck and tried to appeal it as other users were posting pictures of crab legs and butter and my appeal got denied. Today I saw a thread about a casemaking moth larvae and people saying kill it and burn it with a lighter and hairspray but trying to report those comments got a message saying their comments didn't break any rules.
Make it make sense.
Over a damn crab!
I think it's something called pre-emptive obedience. Those mods that stayed have made their choice. they're willing to abide by the new rules; and since some of these rules are ridiculous and confusing, they prefer to err on the side of caution.
And now, for no reason at all, I will leave you with this disturbing image:
You are correct about "pre-emptive obedience." Reddit's auto mod removes many more posts now automatically. If you go to the moderator queue it will show all "removed" posts and comments. It will tell you what rule/s were violated. Sometimes it even suggests that you ban the user from your group. You can over rule the "removal" but if you do you risk reddit just banning the whole group mods and all.