[wp-hackers] Is disabling remote client access a good idea?

[Otto]

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:21 AM, Charles <lists07 at wiltgen.net> wrote:
>> But fact is, the API's are used by a rather small minority of users...
>
> Sorry, dumb question...how do we figure?  Based on people I know, I'd say about half are using blog editors of their choice rather than the fairly-clunky browser interface.

Can we get some stats from the WordPress.com side of things? Not
equivalent, I understand, but at least it would save us from arguing
this point.

Number of posts vs. number of hits to WordPress.com's XML-RPC
interface, or something?