Mastodon : Getting started
Over the past year, Mastodon, which is part of the decentralized Fediverse has seen a huge influx of new users. Many from Twitter (now X) who are disillusioned with what is happening.
This has resulted in many guides aimed at new users. The link here has another guide that is focused on Mastodon, but does make reference to other federated services.
Hopefully this is useful to people and helps them get started. If you need help I can try and help via IRC.