# Public data dumps

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/public-data-dumps/16531>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [June 14, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/public-data-dumps/16531 "2014-06-14T05:17:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![obvio171](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/obvio171/32/103541_2.png) [@obvio171](https://meta.discourse.org/u/obvio171)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/public-data-dumps/16531/1 "2014-06-14T05:17:08Z")

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I’d like to propose a public data export feature similar to [Stack Exchange’s](https://archive.org/details/stackexchange). This is not the same as the [backup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-automatic-backups-for-discourse/14855) feature, because it requires sanitizing all private user data first. Both JSON and HTML export formats would be great.

This is useful for:

- CC-licensed content to be made available more easily
- users to feel more comfortable knowing that the site can’t suddenly disappear with all their content
- data analysis, etc.

Let me know what you think.

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