RULE #1 If you're going to do anything away from current mainstream DO NOT ADVERTISE IT ON CURRENT MAINSTREAM.

[I.E.] Don't let le cat out of le bag
UNTIL you want to scare the shit out of those you want to scare the shit out of. This is your biggest weapon (as well as incrementing and making sure you're really ready)... You have to do it right and go through all the discussions. No point making a sword and then "oh hey they took my sword!"... and "oh now they made it for themselves using my method, xyz code, idea"...

I.E. Even telling everyone' is 100% asking for the wrong attention. This includes many types of people which actually you naturally want to filter out by letting people come to you if they are really that desperate for freedom. (example: if their not on Mastodon for their own strogn political reasons then they are not your level yet and though you want to save people, getting more baggage doesn't work).

Don't you're going to covert them on this level of stuff (small tools etc maybe but focus on what anyway would happen if they get to same stage as you as you're probably stuck also and needs time to figure out),
Let friends / the right strong types come when ready.

For small projects especially it's about quality and not making those against get a head-start or sniff it too early which I believe mass broadcast does... As they have more resources and love something else new to attack DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THAT.

Also...

IF YOU DON'T NO SEE / HEAR / EXPERIENCE HOW PREVIOUS STUFF HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN.
you're not ready

So don't ask me for examples like some STEM people tend to do and try argue it (this I would exclude from measuring as it is self-evident to your belief)- IF you don't believe / see/ hear/ this stuff happen then this is already a proven thing for me that you're not ready or there (even if this is just in my mind and not real- you don't have to worry about that)

Whatever project you do IF people say or act like 'everything is quite ok' and 'nothing in the past I can think of tells me about these problems' then you know you're in the wrong crowd.

lol I'm asking you not to reply if you simply don't believe and you're not understanding the above.