How did you market this to get that many visitors?
It's really a win/win, and because he's sincerely answering the questions, it doesn't come across as awkward of misplaced self-promotion.
I also signed up for oppsdaily, but the verification with MailChimp was quite difficult. I had to select pictures with grass, then select images with house numbers, then select new images with house numbers. You might want to consider using a different provider.
With that said, I much rather prefer this new reCAPTCHA compared to their old version with hardly any readable characters.