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After all Gates isn't that evil? Holy shit this idea! Sad.

I wanted to do Human Captcha[0] and people told me it is creepy but this is on another level.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28101966

Captchas solve the wrong problem. Abuse is what you want to prevent, and so you need to detect abuse, not humanness. Rate-limiting, reputation check, web of trust etc all are valid techniques.

Bots can be nice. Humans can be bad. Focus on the right problem.

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