Yeah, I mean if mute demotes. If not, then ignoring everyone with wot = 0 cuts out a lot of people you might otherwise want to hear from 

 Would there be a way to add a sat cost to receive a message? 

For example, a guy like Elon Musk might want to put a 10,000,000 sat requirement for private messages, 1,000,000 sats for tags, and a 10 sat cost to comment on his notes?

Would it be a viable?