Allowing scrappers has already made all forum posts and other data freely searchable, so unless this will change, I see no reason to it implement an api for people like loyce. It would probably make sense to charge for said access
New access structure for loyce.club: Unedited post: $2. Viewing a Trust list: $2. Notifications: $0.50 each. Somehow charging fees for non-commercial community projects doesn't seem right.
Charging for access is common when some project is wanting to access a large amount of data. Commercial or otherwise, scrapers take up forum resources that are greater than the typical user, likely by a lot. Scrapers also have zero chance of even looking at any ads that are served upon forum users, which negatively affects forum revenue.