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With the early success of Facebook’s decision to open their site to development as a platform, instead of remaining a closed service, other social networks are forced to notice … and react. According to a Mashable post this week, LinkedIn—the professional and career networking site, whose focus is employment—is going to follow suit. This is good news for everyone involved, most importantly the members of the LinkedIn community. Not every social network is going to benefit from an open platform development strategy, but neither is the gap created by Facebook so insurmountable or proprietary as to make it impossible for other communities to benefit from opening development.