커뮤니티의 데이터는 단순한 숫자나 이름 이상입니다. 이 데이터는 커뮤니티의 맥박을 반영하며, 구성원들이 무엇을 중요하게 여기고, 어떤 주제에 대해 논의하고, 어떻게 참여하는지를 보여줍니다. 이 데이터에는 해당 토론을 통해 생성된 모든 지식이 포함되며, 이는 커뮤니티가 항상 접근할 수 있는 지속 가능한 자원이 되어야 합니다. 그러나 많은 플랫폼은 커뮤니티의 역사를 접근하는 것을 어렵게 만들거나, 심지어 접근할 수 있는 역사 범위를 제한하여 가치 있는 통찰력을 유지하고 활용하는 능력을 저해합니다. 다른 플랫폼은 이주를 결정할 경우 데이터를 함께 가져가는 것을 막을 수도 있습니다. 처음부터 올바른 플랫폼을 선택하는 것은 커뮤니티의 미래를 위한 대비에 도움이 됩니다.
That’s 2 spaces, not 1 
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I’m a huge fan of Discourse for the very reason discussed –
But I was surprised that neither of these Discourse features seems to be mentioned in the blog post 
For example, Discord etc doesn’t even have the ability to export your community’s data. When someone deletes their server, no one has access to any of their own content, and you can’t keep a backup of the server anywhere to be able to restore it again one day. And on other platforms, if you want to request your data, you have to write and ask for it – there’s no automated process.
On Discourse, you can export your whole forum in a backup archive and then easily restore it at any time. You can also use migration scripts to restore the data on another forum platform too if you wish.
And users can easily get an export of their own posts in CSV on Discourse without waiting for any staff member to reply.
These features are Discourse’s greatest features on this topic of discussion – so I think it would be great to see more elaboration on them in this blog post too, or a future one.
Very well said “choosing the right platform from the start helps you future-proof your community.” 
I completely agree with this article as it particularly resonates with my personal experience. My biggest regret today is precisely not having created an independent platform like Discourse from the beginning of my journey.
In 2011, I launched a Facebook page dedicated to animal welfare. Success came quickly and impressively: hundreds of thousands of people rallied to this cause, creating a dynamic and engaged community. Interactions were numerous, discussions were enriching, and member participation was extraordinary.
Unfortunately, in recent years, all this momentum has collapsed. My posts, which once reached thousands of people, now only gather about ten “likes”. Participation has become almost non-existent. The most frustrating part? To regain even a bit of visibility, I’m now forced to sponsor my posts.
Years of hard work and a vibrant community have thus evaporated, trapped by Facebook’s algorithms and commercial policy. If I had to do it all over again, I would create my own independent platform without hesitation to preserve this beautiful community and maintain control over our interactions.
Totally off topic, but you did wrong choise back then. Pages are always be catastrophic failure and the major reason was the fact that pages has practically zero visibility without worded participation. Groups are totally different story.
But about data ownership — trying to get images from Instagram… 
In this matter Discourse is decently good.
I saw that the blog post now goes more into how great Discourse is for data ownership – awesome!
이 메모를 보내주셔서 감사합니다, 케빈. 저는 현재 온라인 커뮤니티를 위한 호스팅 플랫폼을 고려하고 있습니다. 제 분야에서 페이스북 그룹이 수십만 명의 회원을 확보하는 것을 보고 있지만, 저는 소셜 미디어 대신 독점 플랫폼에 커뮤니티 구축 노력을 투자하는 쪽으로 마음을 굳히고 있습니다.
소셜 미디어의 도달률과 구글을 통한 검색 도달률은 새로운 사용자를 끌어들이는 데 유리하지만, 장기적인 지속가능성을 진지하게 고려한다면, 디스코urs(Discourse)와 같은 독립적(자체 호스팅) 플랫폼이 비교할 때 훨씬 현명한 선택이라고 확신합니다.