What's a good place to get started? Any favorite apps from these? https://nostrapps.com/
Then there is https://www.amethyst.social/ which is excellent because it brings out more of the potential of the platform.
Jumble.social is a good web client.
You and your 3 friends tend to do the same every time NOSTR is mentioned just because you use another platform. Please be honest and admit the affiliation.
I wasn't "blasted" with NSFW but it was definitely present (and not very far down the feed). And the feed seems to be chronologically ordered, so depending on your timing something like that could be front and center.
Lots of people also like Primal. It's well polished and replicates Twitter/X reasonably well.