If you're looking for more followers on here:

-Write something about yourself on your profile, tell people what you're about

-Write a public post about yourself with the tag #Introduction and pin this to your profile.

-If you're an artist, post some works and pin that post too.

-Log in on your server website, go to Edit profile > Suggest Account To Others, tick the box and click "Save Changes"

-Join in with more conversations, follow more people

More tips at https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-basic-tips/#HowDoIGetMoreFollowers

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I would add to use hashtags as much as possible. This brings people to your account who might not ordinarily read your posts. It seems to have brought a wide variety of accounts to some of my posts.

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Hashtags are great. They are the only searchable attributes I know of that are on here and quickly send you to conversations you are interested in.

In reverse, although I am a sports guy, I don't follow the NHL and can filter those posts out using the filter settings on my account. Ditto for Caturday and other common tags I have no interest in.

It means I don't need to mute people I follow who like the NHL or Caturday.