I've got some brief instructions for installing !GNUsocial at http://sobac.com/presentations/gnusocial%20Demonstration%20Notes%202016-01-30.odt These notes were for two presentations I did about a year ago -- installation instructions are fine, configuration instructions need the presentations Virtual Machines. Also, the raw video files of the first presentation are at https://archive.org/details/KWLUGGNUsocialPresentation