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One of the best ways of discovering interesting accounts and posts on here is to follow hashtags. It's really easy to do:
1. Search for a hashtag
2. Click the hashtag you want from the suggestions
3. On the results page for that hashtag, click "Follow" at the top of the page
Posts with followed tags will start showing up in your timeline.
There is lots more info about hashtag following (including how to manage and unfollow tags) in the guide at:
https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-follow-hashtags-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
@FediTips Notes for new users: this can be useful, providing you don't mind your timeline being so busy you struggle to find the posts of accounts you follow.
The reasons for this are:
- There is no way to move followed hashtags to a list to declutter your timeline.
- It ignores your language settings, so you'll see matching posts in all languages.
Fine for niche topics. Nightmare for, say, your sportsball of choice. 
tl;dr: Following hashtags is useful, but it has its problems.
Yeah, it's a balancing act!
Once you see how many posts a tag brings in, you can try to be more specific, but the number of posts a tag draws in will vary a lot depending on which server you are on.