# To what extent can players help bot detection? Would in-game reward for fighting bots encourage players to do so? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 7, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/to-what-extent-can-players-help-bot-detection-would-in-game-reward-for-fighting-bots-encourage-players-to-do-so/55919 "2018-02-07T16:22:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 16
**Author:** ![Rosov\_Aulmais](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/rosov_aulmais/32/168511_2.png) [@Rosov\_Aulmais](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Rosov_Aulmais)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/to-what-extent-can-players-help-bot-detection-would-in-game-reward-for-fighting-bots-encourage-players-to-do-so/55919/16 "2018-02-09T01:39:43Z")
I should read the data a bit, about how PD goes in the time of about one year: > **[The Next Stage Of Project Discovery: Exoplanet Research | EVE Online](https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/the-next-stage-of-project-discovery-exoplanet-research)** > > Stage one of Project Discovery concluded during 2016, when our amazing community contributed to the development of the Cell Atlas in association with Massively Multiplayer Online Science (MMOS) and the Human Protein Atlas. By categorizing a database... > By categorizing a database of more than 250,000 images of proteins within human cells, which included the submission of more than **25 million classifications of images** , capsuleers contributed to real life science through their gameplay, providing **thousands of man hours of analysis** for the Human Protein Atlas. I think that’s approximately the equivalent of 10 full time employees, not to mention that they don’t have the full resource as true employees do. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/to-what-extent-can-players-help-bot-detection-would-in-game-reward-for-fighting-bots-encourage-players-to-do-so/55919)._