@GR8FL
Welcome.
It's sort of like Twitter, but with more civil conversation.
Check out the Community Firehose to see if you want to follow anyone.
@jurban how do you follow?
Check out this post:
https://counter.social/@Knitpurrl/108192906629672680
The userguide should get you grounded. But, generally, the process is similar to Twitter. The Reply arrow replies to the toot. The double arrow forwards it to the community firehose and your followers. The Star is a Favorite/Like to edify the author.
Hope that helps!