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Lemmy Handshake - Beta release
(sh.itjust.works)
A community to talk about the Fediverse and all it's related services using ActivityPub (Mastodon, Lemmy, KBin, etc).
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This app would have done step 4 without you having to do it yourself.
As for why to switch instances. It's a matter of preference. The example you gave is a good reason. Obviously if your instance closes you would have to move so it's nice to have a backup just in case
Ok thanks for your reply.