@FediTips is a huge help, follow them, and that brings us tonthe biggest thing in mastodon,
Follow A LOT. There is no algorithm, so you create your own by following, hashtags are big help. You can follow hashtags.
If you like buttons, search for #buttons, then follow that hashtag.
On posts that use the hashtag, follow the folks that use it well.
Check out their followers. Follow the good ones.
Rince repeat etc.