These are all nice things to do rather than things to avoid. I'm sure you can figure out how not to be a dick to other people. But there are some things we've all learned from other social media sites that are worth rethinking here:
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Write comments, even if you don't have anything to say! Just saying "so true bestie" or "wow great art" will make the original poster feel great. The relatively low profile of likes on Cohost makes comments even more valuable, and unlike Twitter, this won't clog up anyone's timeline.
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Tag your posts, especially if you're referring to a particular game/tv show/franchise, something that's a common phobia like spiders or mushrooms, or something that can be addictive like drugs. You don't need to add a full content warning most of the time since Cohost has the ability to muffle specific tags. (Yes this will make you more publicly visible, but Cohost has actual human moderation if people start being assholes.)
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Rehost porn! I made a whole post about this a few months ago, but the high level summary is because Cohost requires rigorous adult content tags and has good filters there's no downside to reblogging adult content (beyond the mortifying ordeal of being known).
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Post what interests you. I think people are constantly rediscovering this on their own, but it's worth a reminder: Cohost is a great place for long posts about whatever catches your fancy. There's a sense that this is a place for computer nerds or whatever, but that's just because that's something a bunch of the people who joined early like writting mini-essays about. I've seen great longposts here about ancient Rome, color theory, and hentai just in the last few days and everyone seems to love them.
