@jcoigdanes Agree with @jikodesu. If I may add: Don't hesitate to genuinely engage with posts that interests you, either by commenting, boosting, or simply liking.
#TootSEA is a great hashtag to follow as it's a vibrant community of our neighbors in SEA. And don't limit your posts to just one or two topics. Mastodon is diverse, so you can practicallly talk about and enagage with a variety of subject matter here.
Creating lists also helps you better curate your feed. 😊