KbSez

No, office is no better.

LibreOffice can open any office format document and save in that format.

I created lists of people I want to see what they post. I look through them. I get a wide variety of content from those lists.

I also created searches by hashtag and that works for me when I want to see what people are saying about specific topics. Works great.

No, I don’t feel overwhelmed.

You could use Tail Scale. It runs great on a Pi

smart. 1000% less problems than windows and 5000% more secure