What Circle, Skool, Discord and Mighty Networks say they keep about your members, what you cannot take with you, and a one-hour audit.
Varun Dubey··15 min read
What Circle, Skool, Mighty Networks and Discord let you export, what their APIs expose, what neither gives you, and how to bring your members and content home to a community you own.
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