@alexwild This. Another great help to find like-minded people is to #follow #hashtags (and use them, they are the "glue" in the Fediverse and searchable). Brings the posts into your timeline.
Besides normal words, we have hashtags adding the "todon" of mastodon to a word like #mosstodon for #moss lovers, #bugstodon, #histodon for #history lovers or hashtags like #florespondence or #sporespondence. And activities like #SilentSunday or #CuratorPrompts. With Hashtags, you open new worlds!