Ilario23So how does this work? How does one follow and gain followers, how does one search what's going on. (Forgive me I'm not very tech savvy) does this work like the old bluebird before Mr billionaire had to go buy the thing?
Mre. Dartigen [maker mode]@ilario23 Pretty much like very, very old-school Twitter. Like, pre-2010 Twitter.
If you watch the Local timeline you'll see people's public posts (like this one); if you see someone interesting, give them a follow. You can search for hashtags as well if you're looking for people posting about a particular topic (though that does depend on people using hashtags; I'm pretty terrible at it).
If you're using the Mastodon app, it's apparently missing a number of features - I use Tusky for Android, but there are a few around.