I've seen a lot of things related to what you're saying in this video, when nostr:npub1lunaq893u4hmtpvqxpk8hfmtkqmm7ggutdtnc4hyuux2skr4ttcqr827lj and hzrd talk about blossom as a way to use the advantages of WoT to deal with all the complexity of peer to peer
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Yes, WoT can be an internal pull factor, that brings similar nodes closer to each other and shortens the edges between them.