One thing that Mastodon newcomers may not realize is how easy it is to turn Mastodon for web into essentially a Tweetdeck clone, with columns for search/compose, home, notifications, and any lists you've set up. It takes literally seconds.

Here's what mine looks like right now:

@willoremus I had to turn off boost and fav alerts because my notifications was getting way too busy
@alex definitely. nice problem to have but agree notifs can be unusable if you don't filter. i set up my mastodon on mobile to only notify me when someone i follow engages. but i still like to be able to see all the engagements when i view them on the web, for now.