More bots, more spam, lower quality overall. The only people who cared about the API stuff were their power users. That's who left/diminished their usage of the

More bots, more spam, lower quality overall. The only people who cared about the API stuff were their power users. That's who left/diminished their usage of the site. I suppose Reddit has enough momentum to continue anyway now that they've built their business on the backs of power users for long enough. Twitter used the same playbook.