instead I want to see posts that fit my interests, regardless of who made them.
Follow hashtags then? I mean I'm following a good 40 or so people so far, largely newsy type things, but I've followed dozens and dozens of different hashtags so whatever gets posted with them pops up in my feed.
No need to go following Generic Mastodon User #374645 Who Likes Transformers™ when I can just follow #transformers to see my dumb robo pics lol