I've suggested it based on account age or some "value".
New accounts should have significant restrictions.
I don't see any advantage to allowing anyone to use programs to dump a list of posts into /new/ in a short period of time unless the admins think the site is hurting for content.
Get rid of the API completely.
A user should be required to do everything. Literally everything.
Phone posting is gay and always has been gay.
I think an API is okay, but a throttling limit would be a definite requirement to prevent spammers. The throttling should also adjust to prevent continuous 24/7 automated posting.
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