Do the votes actually matter? They mattered on Reddit because of karma, although I never did understand the point of karma. What is the point on Lemmy? I rarely even notice the up/down votes on a comment/post.
The books aren't "banned". They're just not in the school. These arguments are meant to distract from the real issues of concern that are going on. But, like I said, it doesn't matter, so I'm not going to argue about it.
Why does it even matter if there are books that aren't in the school library? It's not like there's no way a student could read a certain book just because it's not inside the school. This is as pointless as arguing about which restrooms people can use. People on both sides get all worked up and upset, but at the end of the day a student can read a book even if it's not in the school and anyone can use any restroom. My mom used to go in the men's room all the time and nobody ever took any issue with it. I've read tons of books that weren't in my school library. In fact, almost every book I've ever read wasn't in my school library.
If you go to the website for the instance you can list all the communities and subscribe to them very quickly. Just go down the list and tap "subscribe" next to each one you want to subscribe to. It can't be any quicker or simpler.
You can use Beeper to replace all your communication apps. That way you only have to install one app, and you don't have to have Meta installed.