@atinysingularity Hi, welcome! As you spend time on Mastodon you'll discover the ways to enjoy it most in your style! Tips/info that I hope you'll find helpful at some point in your Masto journey:
Instances: mastodon.social is one of the biggest instances (servers) on Masto, but that does mean that it's more likely to end up with spammy accounts, causing the instance to be temporarily (or permanently!) muted or blocked by other instances and that can make it challenging to build your timeline.
Depending on the type of community you're looking for, you may find it helpful at some point to migrate to a smaller instance with more rigorous moderation! Some smaller instances I personally really love: federatedfandom.net, blorbo.social, nerdjoy.social
Tag tracking: I love this! You can follow or track a tag and then posts in that tag will appear in your timeline. For my own peace and sanity, I follow #SilentSunday, #Mosstodon, and #Bloomscrolling. No regrets!
Have fun! 