The Minnesota Digital Library provides access to the state’s historical and cultural record by gathering, sharing, and preserving digital content. MDL's social media profiles directly support the goal of sharing content and engaging users—in particular, by building awareness of and increasing engagement with MDL's online collections.
MDL encourages the online community to engage in respectful discussions on MDL's social media channels. We welcome comments at any time. When commenting, please keep comments relevant to the original post. Be considerate of differing opinions and do not personally attack others.
MDL reserves the right to hide, remove, and/or report any posts, replies, or comments that include:
- Racist, hateful, sexist, homophobic, slanderous, insulting, or threatening messages.
- Aggressive, violent, or obscene comments.
- Advertisements or product endorsements.
- Comments that promote or oppose any partisan political party, person campaigning for elected office, or any ballot proposition.
- Harassment of the original posted content or content commenters.
- Unintelligible or irrelevant messages or links.
- Any other messages that MDL staff feels are off-topic, offensive, rude, or abusive.
In addition, we reserve the right to block or report users who post such comments and/or content.