Another reason the Influence Score is better than the WoT Score is that the WoT Score COMPLETELY IGNORES anyone more than 2 hops away on your social graph.

Looking at the data below, there are almost 13 thousand users users who are between 3 and 5 hops away from me. Their Influence Scores range from just over zero to 0.3433 (max score is 1), but their WoT scores are ALL ZERO.

If you want to discover content from outside of your bubble chamber, use the Influence Score, not the WoT Score.