After a while people realized that Cherry stabilizers wobble and rattle more if the wire is south of the key, in specific rows, though. So people started rotating them
This here is a point of confusion/argument for most. I have heard this argued both ways. The old OTD’s used North stab wires but to my knowledge the exact opposite of what you said here occurred. Many have argued that south is less rattly, this is according to LZ and other makers. You can also check out the TKL compatibility list here:
you can see that most TKL PCB’s are now made with south stab wires whereas the old school PCB’s like the NerD that havent been changed in years still have the north space bar stab…