In my experience, it doesn’t matter where you are on the internet, you will always be faced with idiots who try to bring you down.
Don’t let them win. Be yourself and politely ignore (and block) the hell out of these people. It is YOUR time and you should be able to live it the way YOU want it.
Best of luck and hope to see you around.
You are aware that the default Mastodon interface has a tab called “trending”?
(You might need to enable it first under “Preferences > Appearance > Discovery”.)