You dont feel like youre missing meeting potentially new people? Is there a way to quantify how many people you just won't know exist?

Your algo can rank new people higher if you want. It all depends on your choice of algorithm.

Okay, maybe I'm misunderstanding WoT. I thought it was distinct from user algos? So if an account with no followers at all, that hasn't had the opportunity to form a network of friends, replies to your post and youre using a client that implements WoT, will that show up in the thread for you?