@hans can imagine. Finding a good balance. It helps having Following that's well-aligned with interests you have.
Other than that there's opportunity to tie #Fediverse closer to local activities. At #SocialCoding we think about this with #LOCI:
https://discuss.coding.social/t/idea-local-open-chapters-initiative-loci/42
It will help when fedi apps go beyond just #microblogging. Apps such as #Bonfire are going there.
PS. the earlier mentions were to:
https://emacsen.net/@emacsen who reacted with https://emacsen.net/@emacsen/108933004970616874