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.
If you attend a protest, you need to read this and follow it:
https://ssd.eff.org/module/attending-protest