I don't know how many times I can scream it but for anyone new here from the latest #twittermigration #twitterexodus here is the best advice for having an awesome time on this site:

Find a #hashtag you like that may be part of your interests (e.g. - #mst3k, #ukraine, #breakingnews) and click it. Then look for the little dude in the top right of the feed and SMASH HIM

Suddenly any post with the hashtag will be in your main feed regardless of who you follow. And around here #HASHTAGS ARE USEFUL! No reason to spam when there's no ad revenue or #algorithm!

And this place has another awesome feature: TIMED MUTES/BLOCKS
If you don't want to see someone's stuff for an hour or so, just choose to keep them quiet for a bit.

Say they're annoying you with #protips about #mastodon but you know their #ADHD will force them to move onto #Mosstodon by lunch... MUTE THEM UNTIL LUNCH

Just set it and forget it and then they'll show up again!

Again, the three tips for achieving #JohnMastodon's grand vision:

1) Boost
2) Follow
3) Post with #hashtags

Enjoy!