I wrote up some of the tricks and tools and tips I've picked up that have made Mastodon more useful, and which people seem to appreciate when I share with them: https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/29/some-tricks-to-making-mastodon-way-more-useful/
Some Tricks To Making Mastodon Way More Useful

It’s been interesting to watch over the last few months as tons of people have migrated from Twitter to Mastodon (or similar compatible ActivityPub-based social media platforms). I’ve n…

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So @ygalanter pointed me to another "clean" interface option for Mastodon (like Pinafore.social) that I had not seen before: elk.zone. It's quite nice (and very, very Twitter-like). But, I don't see any way to find lists via its interface which unfortunately make it a non-starter for me.
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as a work in progress it looks promising.
@cranky_david @mmasnick It does say it's in "alpha" stage. I believe @elk will be adding features.
@ygalanter @cranky_david @elk oh yeah. very nice for an alpha product. i'll definitely keep checking in. If they can add list support and maybe multi-column support, could become my go-to UI.