You can think about it in any way, the "score" is just a representation of a connection. Meaning, you only see replies from people who are connected through a follow, some x degrees of separation.
Low scoring notes could be "below the fold" to remain hidden unless a user wants to go into the wilds?
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Up to the client in how they wish to handle it. I like Snort implementation of mute words. Muted keyword notes show as muted, but you can also toggle to never show them. This is what I do and now I don't need to see if I muted someone, clean feed.
I 💜 mute words in Amethyst