A good way to discover interesting accounts is to follow hashtags. When you follow a hashtag, posts with that tag will start appearing in your timeline even if you don't follow the post's author.

To follow a hashtag:
1. Search for a hashtag
2. Click on the specific hashtag you want from the suggestions
3. Click "Follow" button at the top

To manage your followed tags, go to your own profile page, click ⋯ and then "Followed hashtags".

More info at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-follow-hashtags-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse

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p.s. A lot of new people joining today, welcome! 👋 You might want to check out all the different methods for discovering accounts to follow on here:

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

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Problem is.. since I joined ~2 years ago, like so many others, hashtags are becoming less and less used. 😞

@gsymon @FediTips
That's their loss. Why not use a #hashtag or two yourself to help spread a few #tips that would #help the #newcomer.
🙂

@gsymon

That might be as hashtags were effectively compulsory back then due to the hashtag-only search system? Now there is full text search, some people (mistakenly) think they're no longer needed.

But there are still a lot of people using them though, so they are still worth following 🙂

@FediTips discovered this by accident. Very useful Ta 🐘 😎
Welcome to hashtag.place!