Do you want to find interesting accounts to follow on the Fediverse? There are lots of ways to do it, have a look at this guide to all the methods:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends/

It can take a bit longer and be a bit more effort to get connected on the Fediverse as there's no algorithm, but the connections tend to be more meaningful once they happen.

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@feditips Just tell me where are all of the people with pet rats. I saw tons of them on tw*tter but I can't find any here.

@NIH_LLAMAS

Have you tried the hashtag #rats? I just found one in the first result.

@feditips Not nearly enough of them. Also #RatsOfMastodon, but again too few compared to #DogsOfMastodon or #CatsOfMastodon which will give you dozens per day.
@NIH_LLAMAS @feditips On a semi-related note, is it possible to follow hashtags on Mastodon using the official app? Sorry if it's a dumb question, I'm really new here

@bbaster @feditips I can't find a way to do it on the official app.

I use Tusky for my app. After I tap on a hashtag and see a list of matching posts, there is a person icon in the upper right with a + next to it. Tapping that will follow the tag, and change the + to X (ie, tap again to unfollow). The website works similarly.

@NIH_LLAMAS @feditips Thank you so much, this app seems to be quite good! Do you know if hashtag follows work also with desktop Mastodon and other mobile apps or just Tusky?

@bbaster @feditips I haven't tried any desktop apps. I'm trying to hide from my boss. :)

There are a ton of other apps I haven't tried. I'm mostly happy with Tusky, and I can fall back on the website if I ever need to make account changes not available in the app.