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I am wondering whether I should disable emacs auto-fill-mode it or keep it.
Why would I want to disable it?
Why would I want to keep it?
Are there any factors other than personal preference, or anything that may influence my personal preference?
I guess a good rule of thumb is whether anyone else will be looking at the file, and whether they have a reasonable expectation the text will be filled. If it’s going to be filled text, you might as well use auto-fill.
I’m not sure there is a single answer, but I use auto-fill in some modes and not in others. On for things that are commonly understood to have a column limit: code [comments], commit logs. Off for free form text notes, org-mode, etc. There’s no reason it has to be used globally.