Rumor: Tagged Platform will mimic Facebook Platform APIs

Shortly after Facebook launched the Platform in May of this year, LinkedIn announced that it would be offering its own platform in “9 to 12 months”. Since then, expectations have grown that many of the major social networking services will build their own platforms as well. In fact, just yesterday, Hi5, the third largest social network, said that it is building an application platform that will launch in about a year.

As more and more social networks announce Platform plans, it becomes harder and harder to attract and sustain a critical mass of application developers.

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