Looks like the WSJ is going all in on moving to Mastodon, with this little tutorial available without a paywall.
https://www.wsj.com/story/how-to-use-mastodon-the-social-media-platform-blocked-by-elon-musks-twitter-7751455f
How to Use Mastodon, the Social-Media Platform Blocked by Elon Musk’s Twitter

Mastodon could be the future of social media—if you can figure it out

Wall Street Journal

@danielhep
But be careful! According to them your direct messages can be read by the server admin or anyone who hacks the servers!.... uh... just like Twitter. (although they left that last part out) 🤷‍♂️🤔

On a side note, that site was very confusing to navigate on mobile, making it very ironic that they keep mentioning that Mastodon i'd difficult to figure out... 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️
@rysiek