Solid copy. A lot of honest people don't have that high of a rep because they don't use bid bots or self-vote. I think we lower the bar to maybe 45. In many cases, a persons rep isn't really achieved through meritorious means. Take the freesteem vote farmers.
I have some concerns about the scammers attempt to infiltrate the process. If we go the juror route, it will likely be on discord and a few of us will review the candidate jurors activity on steemd for any ill behavior. One definitive reason anyone will be barred is hate flagging. Not going to be involved with that. Not even a hint.
Steem is decentralized but I'm not sure that there is any way to have a position of trust with a centralized approving mechanism. It surely is a conundrum as I see it.
But yeah greater than 17 rep. That's a no brainer. You're absolutely right.