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A few recommendations for life on Mastodon:
1) Follow anyone you think looks potentially interesting; you can always unfollow later, and they may lead you to new people via boosted posts.
2) Boost posts you think are worthy, so others can discover new content.
3) Don't obsess on replicating your Twitter follows on Mastodon; let it be its own experience, and grow it organically. Obvs follow anyone you miss from Twitter, but this isn't a 1:1 replacement; have fun, follow your instincts.
@davetroy@toad.socialSome folks have asked, "why not replicate your Twitter follows?" Obviously you should do what you want, but the Twitterverse was created with a lot of perverse incentives and strange distortions. To discover what makes this design unique, you may have better luck hand-curating your experience here than simply trying to replicate something from before, which is arguably broken in weird ways. A slower, more considered approach is, I think, worth trying.
@davetroy in germany a very nice project was started, to collect and share noteworthy profiles. They put them into categories and everyone can explore them. Maybe that would make sense on an international scale (but I'm to lazy to create it) 
@davetroy agree ... a sigh of relief for a new and refreshing adventure
@davetroy agree 100%. It's an opportunity to craft a better SM experience
@davetroy I just jumped right into this only knowing a couple of people. I immediately met a bunch of really cool musicians I never would have met via any of the other places. It's been great trying to start over completely instead of attempting to recreate the network I have other places
@davetroy also check out the local timeline it's very different from seeing random accounts on twitter (if you are on the right server).
@davetroy I’m still on Twitter for now, but haven’t imported following & followers ..so, allowing things to happen naturally, it feels very fresh.. like many here on this thread, discovering people I haven’t come across on the other side…thanks again Dave and thank you to everyone for their kindness & generosity in sharing content, knowledge etc very grateful 
@davetroy Very thoughtful way to too look at it. We shouldnt try to copy what was there but let it become its own thing. Forcing it will just lead to a bad experience imo.