@anxietynectarr Welcome! I agree with the suggestions about hashtags. Search for a keyword related to an interest you have and follow matching hashtags. You'll also see ones like #SilentSunday or #DogsOfMastodon, which can help to increase posts you see and accounts to follow. You can probably see both a local feed for your server (which is a big one) and a federated feed, which is from all over. Scroll that a bit and follow individual accounts. You'll find your feed gets pretty active.