I keep /wanting/ to be more engaged in the fediverse...
Let's take a steps back, and examine social media from perhaps a different lens/perspective. -- It's not all about the content creators, arguably the actual intent of social platforms is consumption.

I'm having difficulty finding interesting people to follow.
I'm finding that 'instances' tend to just be a hodgepode of 'identities', and less a focal of 'community'. It's a bit of an issue of signal to noise.