I think the best idea so far (from this comment) is to approach this from the anti-censorship perspective:
I’d like to point out one of the main features these platforms provide. Federation is a form of decentralization to prevent censorship. Large social media companies have become dictators of what information is considered “right”, “wrong”, or “harmful”. Many of you might not care, or you might even advocate for such things.
However, it’s become a problem in the U.S. where private companies still have jurisdiction over world-wide communication where it’s considered legal to prevent people from saying anything for whatever reason because these social media platforms aren’t a “public square”.
While federation isn’t as effective at preventing censorship as P2P networks, but it provides a balance of availability (in some cases) and censorship resistance.
This is the main premise of my proposed Mastodon (Social Networking Software) recommendation and PR:
At the moment, Mastodon is the only software I have seen broadly recommended by the community, so I have not included any other tools. If anyone wishes to see representation for tools other than Mastodon they should open a Site Development > Tool Suggestions thread.
I am locking this thread because it does not actually suggest a guide, it only suggests we recommend Fediverse tools. If you think we should write a guide please open a new Site Development > Guide Suggestions thread with more specific ideas.