Questions tagged [bounty]
The bounty tag has no usage guidance.
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Bounty expired, no answers, but I still lost my bounty points?
I set a bounty on this question but unfortunately it received no answers (maybe there is no library that can do this?). I returned to the question today hoping to set a higher bounty and noticed two ...
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Why can't I close a question just because it has a bounty?
This question Free survey web application which provides easily printable single access codes is obviously asking for a service. It appears to me to be completely off-topic.
I attempted to flag it ...
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Will I lose privileges if I offer a bonus and my points drop below the requirement?
I am curious. I have 1,830 points and expect to soon have 2,000 and moderator privileges.
If I have 2,001 points and obtain moderator privileges and then offer and award a bonus of 100 points, ...
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Feature request: (Re)distributing bounty to multiple answers
My SR question about configurable VPNs did not have much response over 8 months, so I added a hefty bounty to attract attention, which it did.
None of them was an obvious best, but most of them ...
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Had 230+ reputation on SR, assigned a 200 point bounty, now cannot even comment
The title pretty much says it.
If you assign a bonus that drops your rep back below 50, you can't comment on anything (popup appears: "You need 50 rep to comment"). A nice reward for setting a ...
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Bounty expired before I received an email
I put a bounty on this question: Command line performance testing tool for JavaScript
An hour ago I recieved this email:
Reminder: Your Bounty Ended!
Your bounty on the question … Command line ...
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Bounty question?
I have done bounties before (On another SE site though) but have never waited up until my bounty has expired and I now have 24 hours I assume to award a bounty. What happens if I don't award a bounty. ...
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I lost bounty points when no answer was posted?
I don't care about the points - just curious how it works.
Looking at my profile, I saw a drop of 200 points on July 16th, for this question, which has no comments and only one answer, which is from ...
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