Ryan Sparks

Teachable is an online platform that enables creators to earn a living from their knowledge. We helped 50,000+ creators teach over 50 million students and earn over $1B+ in the process. After Teachable was acquired in 2020 by Hotmart Technology, I started Vibe Capital -- a venture fund to invest in early-stage technology companies worldwide. Here to answer any questions regarding starting a company, fundraising, starting a fund, and/or everything about founder mindset! AMA

I'm currently developing a bot protection testing tool - BotMeNot (https://botmenot.com/) - and one of the most commonly implemented anti-bot measures is reCAPTCHA. It's a relatively efficient way of blocking out bot traffic. However, it's believed to sometimes come at a price of being too annoying for the real human visitors. I wanted to get ProductHunt's take on this. Has a CAPTCHA task/riddle ever been too annoying for you, so that you've actually left the website and started doing something else or went to another website with the same functionality.