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<p class="MsoNormal">I recently deleted our Twitter account. Not because of the controversy but because we do not have the time or staff to create unique content on Twitter. We exclusively concentrate on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. At one point we had
Tumblr, GoodReads and Pinterest. All gone for the same reason.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Edward S. Pank<br>
Library Technology Specialist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Royal Oak Public Library<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ropl.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.ropl.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">p: 248.246.3751<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Michlib-l <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Glenn Fischer via Michlib-l<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 27, 2023 10:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> DJ Bond <dbond@tln.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Michlib-l] The Website Formerly Known as Twitter<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We stopped engaging with Twitter as well, but we haven't deleted the account...yet.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'm very curious if anyone is looking into alternatives (running a
<a href="https://joinmastodon.org/">Mastodon</a> instance or looking into <a href="https://bsky.app/">
Bluesky</a> or even <a href="https://threads.com/">Threads</a>).<br clear="all">
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666">Glenn Fischer (he/him)<br>
Library Director</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#14376B"> </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#474747">| <a href="mailto:gfischer@dewittlibrary.org" target="_blank">gfischer@dewittlibrary.org</a><br>
Phone: 517-668-7081 | <a href="http://dewittlibrary.org/" target="_blank">dewittlibrary.org</a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 7:46 AM DJ Bond via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">TLN is taking a general poll to find out if libraries are still planning to stay on Twitter or planning to exit with the recent changes that have been happening.
Let me know what you all think as you, I'm sure, are also having these conversations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">DJ Bond<br>
Member Engagement Coordinator<br>
The Library Network<br>
(248) 536-3100 x116<br>
<a href="mailto:dbond@tln.org" target="_blank">dbond@tln.org</a><br>
TLN.org<br>
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