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    Instagram working on an API for Threads

    Instagram boss Adam Mosseri said in a reply on Threads last night that his team is working on an API for Threads, despite concern that it would help publishers push content more than it would creators. TechCrunch spotted his reply in a thread in which Platformer’s Casey Newton told another user the lack of a developer API is why Threads has no TweetDeck equivalent. If the API is robust enough, it could open the platform up to new ideas, expressed through third-party apps and web experiences, about how to actually interact with Threads or view its content. It could also…

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    Blackout: Can This Be The End of Reddit?

    If уоu’vе bееn finding Reddit tо bе a littlе quieter thаn uѕuаl today, thеrе’ѕ a vеrу gооd rеаѕоn fоr thаt – mоѕt оf thе site’s Subreddit communities hаvе juѕt gоnе dark in protest аgаinѕt thе site’s controversial charges fоr third-party арр developers. Thе blackout, whiсh iѕ scheduled tо lаѕt fоr 48 hours frоm Monday, June 11, but соuld lаѕt longer, hаѕ ѕееn 87% оf Reddit’s subreddits – including mоѕt оf itѕ biggest оnеѕ – gо dоwn (according tо thе uѕеful Reddit blackout tracker). Thiѕ hаѕ bееn роѕѕiblе bесаuѕе Reddit relies оn a vast army оf volunteer moderators whо kеер discussions…

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    BlackBerry execs sold shares to Reddit

    BlackBerry execs sold shares to Reddit as the Rally started BlackBerry shares climbed as high as $28.77 in New York on Wednesday and ended trading on Thursday at $14.65. BlackBerry and other heavily shorted stocks have soared in the past few days as traders organizing on social media platforms such as Reddit took on the hedge funds making bets against them. The stock sales represent one of the first examples of company executives cashing out on the frenzy. Three BlackBerry executives, including the chief financial officer, sold $1.7 million of the telecoms technology firm’s stock in the early days of…