# Santiago asks if removing API replies would improve X

> Original title: Would this improve if we removed the ability to reply to posts via the API?

- Source: Santiago
- Published: 2026-10-30T14:47:29.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/ttpey6pais9ixtadrbuvg681i
- Original: https://x.com/svpino/status/2116180192783724654

## Summary

Santiago asks whether X would improve if the API no longer allowed replies to posts. He says he has never seen so many AI replies on the site and thinks it is the worst it has been.

## Post

Would this improve if we removed the ability to reply to posts via the API?

## Quoted post @svpino

> I've never seen so many AI replies on this site. I think this is the worst it's ever been.

https://x.com/svpino/status/2116176289736626591