Yeah, I've always thought it weird that in addition to the ideas of democratic decision making (juries, voting) we don't apply the known standards of jurisprude

Yeah, I've always thought it weird that in addition to the ideas of democratic decision making (juries, voting) we don't apply the known standards of jurisprudence online - rules of evidence, right to representation, right to trail, right to confront your accuser, no ex post facto laws etc. For all their faults, these are the best that the world's been able to come up with for keeping the peace and resolving conflict. Not saying they should be imposed from without by law, but that even from Reddit's own perspective it could be beneficial to be known as a fair site. It just requires high distribution of knowledge and information, without much manipulation for a population to consistently see and hold to these complex values.