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 @willoremus yep, the UX is not great when things get busy. I still haven't figured out how to turn off the sounds on notifications for replies.
@jdp23 @alex ha, that was one of the very first things i had to figure out bc they were driving me bonkers