5-6 years ago, I started a website/service (also closed, now) at the intersection of LinkedIn and GitHub. Then Microsoft bought the former. A few years passed, and they also bought the latter. It kind of justified my idea (not that those two services are being merged), but nonetheless I had to close my little initiative.
I would be happy to know they tried, or at least considered it. Maybe they have and I'm just not aware of it. It's just something that always bugged me a little.
On the other hand, wikipedia's use of nofollow makes it pretty clear they don't want a level playing field. What makes wikipedia great is all the references it builds on, yet those same references never get any "link juice".
I felt there was one large flaw (which I explained at the time) since the experiment ran for a few years, computers kept improving. Problem was, the speed at which the game played accelerated along with cpu speeds. You needed quicker reflexes if your computer was faster. If there's anything to retain from this is, make sure the gameplay speed remains the same, whatever the hardware.
I learned programming on a Timex Sinclair (2 KiB) with the book Brain games for kids & adults using the Timex/Sinclair 1000, 1500 & 2000 series. There were other editions for other platforms (Apple, Commodore, etc.)
It consisted of 26 games/puzzles, one for each letter of the alphabet. Went looking and found this little treasure trove:
5-6 years ago, I started a website/service (also closed, now) at the intersection of LinkedIn and GitHub. Then Microsoft bought the former. A few years passed, and they also bought the latter. It kind of justified my idea (not that those two services are being merged), but nonetheless I had to close my little initiative.