@tstan91 Welcome!

Everything is turned ON when you start here, and it can be overwhelming. Here are the 3 things that changed my desktop experience here:

1. Light mode: dark mode hurt my eyes.
https://help.counter.social/en/latest/accessibility.html#light-dark-mode

2. Ostrich mode: removes news ticker, CoSoCom emergency radio scanner, and live news station feeds.
https://help.counter.social/en/latest/browsing-and-curation.html#the-desktop-layout

3. Unpin columns (or just resize browser window to single column)
https://help.counter.social/en/latest/browsing-and-curation.html#add-or-remove-columns

If you get stuck, just post with hashtag help!