Damus had wot filtering before anyone. We also have word muting. I just never made it apparent or obvious because i think follow wot filtering is the nuclear option.
WoT is user empowering. It says “i trust these people and people they follow… etc) we can also make that more customizable over time with non-follow wot like interactivity, zaps received, etc
Follows ≠ Trust and we need to stop acting as though that is the case.
Trust is context driven, hence why I favor lists over follows.
Similarly, Mute is a tool, not an indicator of distrust. For most, its implying they dont want to see content from the referenced pubkeys, but there are users that leverage Mute as a temporary negation filter to follows because their client of choice does not adequately accomodate lists.
I don’t disagree, wot will improve beyond follows
