I didn’t have any luck throwing Diaspora quick-install on a Pi. (Apt and Ruby were having package version fights.) It might have been minor problems, but a bigger time-investment to install step-by-step than I could make at the time.
I might give Mastodon a try. Someone did a recent how-to:
Mastodon and Pleroma on the Raspberry Pi 3 (Tip: If swap is going to be used, clone it onto a USB stick or actual drive rather than an SD card.)
It doesn’t have to be a Pi, but I like being able to throw stuff like this on its own fresh machine. For security if nothing else.
