Randonly thinking about my boy Kankri, and what I think is really worth noting is that his silly/annoying jumping into people's conversations thing happens, as far as we know, to people who are prone to causing "several people maimed and/or dead" level dramas, like, no exaggeration, that's literally what happened.
We see it (or hear about it) with:
Meenah - very prone to violence for the sake of violence (literally stabbing Karkat on sight just because he looks like Kankri), tormented Damara until she had a breakdown, which lead to her [Meenah's], Rufioh and Horuss' deaths (including temporarily disabling Rufioh)
Cronus - prone to aggression (as he says he was trying to tone it all down) and harrasment.
Horuss - involved with the aforementiomed Damara-Rufioh-Horuss+Meenah drama
Rufioh - says Kankri does that to him, too; involved with the same drama as Horuss
The main outlier is Mituna, but Kankri only jumps in when Meenah is starting to raise her voice in anger and, as mentioned, she's a very violent person by nature, and regardless of whether he's in his right or not, Mituna was provoking her. Kankri deescalates the conflict by his usual bs, probably saving Mituna's ass.
That being said, when Mituna and Cronus are talking, Kankri does not appear, which implies he doesn't actually consider them a risk group, and the previous instances of him jumping in had more to do with Meenah being present.
Also, interestingly, the Mituna-Meenah convo is the only one we see him mediate for a unquestionably good reason and also succesfully (if by being a social disaster), while the rest of them he was jumping the gun a little. I'd argue it does show that his involvement in (potential) disputes is, in fact, needed, but he cannot properly judge when it's going to blow up and have casualties, and when it'll just be a small argument that'll come and go, so he goes for anything just in case.
I'd hazard two theories: 1) in the past he might have misjudged the entire Rufioh-related drama, and not involve himself, which he now is trying to overcompensate for [questionable, but possible, especially given the people we see him try to mediate between], and 2) him involving himself in most disputes at all times likely could have led to even worse miscommunication between the dancestors.
Bonus thought. I just realized for the most part he addresses Meenah, who is the actual reason behind the Rufioh-related drama, as she's the one who tormented Damara into a breakdown, so it's possible he perceives her as the most likely catalyst to another disaster.
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