I think most conceptions of WoT rely too much on (and handwave away) users putting the needed data into the system, in terms of explicitly marking nodes as trusted.

I think we need to start looking at using zap data as a latent web of trust (or rather, web of value). I've written about it this here: nostr:naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqyhjp3nd83hxklumz9elp6gmth2zrhr804hrcrktpmplygwtw4jjqqxnzde38q6rwwph8qcrvdpjwz7qav