Questions tagged [bounty]
For questions about the bounty system, which allows users to spend some of their reputation in order to draw more attention to a question.
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This is Jorge, Be like Jorge
This is Jorge,
Jorge offers bounties on other people's questions,
Jorge doesn't worry too much about reputation,
Jorge is smart,
Be like Jorge.
Anyway, the thing is, let's learn to offer bounties for ...
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Giving away bounties this December 2019
I hope the plain title can still catch your attention--initially worded as "presents" instead of "bounties" but I decided for latter that has a clear intention.
Back then, this meta post (2016) had ...
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Suggestions for questions that need a bounty
When I started here, I would have never believed I could reach 10k but I did and am more than happy with that level of reputation.
So, I decided I would offer any excess rep I made, as a bounty on ...
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Is this a wrong way of doing things? answering questions just for bounty?
So I am in need of more rep as you can clearly see. But I do not want to answer questions just because there is a bounty on them because of the times my questions (bounty less) have been answered well....
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Unfair Bounty System?
Recently I've started a Bounty, which is about to end very soon (in less than 23 hours, to be precise). And just a few minutes ago, I received this E-Mail:
Reminder: Your Bounty Is Ending Soon!
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Can a user offer a bounty that is worth more than their own reputation?
The user who asked this question has offered the bounty worth 500 but their own reputation is just 314. Is it possible to offer a bounty worth more than one's own reputation?
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Can I award a bounty to an answer that I like?
Let's say I asked an interesting question which got a lot of attention and some really good answers. My problem was solved because of those answers and I've accepted one of them. But I want to also ...
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How should we deal with bounty questions that are confirmed bugs?
This question is with reference to this bounty question:
How do I theme the Sound Menu playback buttons?
As the OP has indicated, this is technically a bug - there is a launchpad bug-report, ...
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Is a user not allowed to give the bounty to himself?
I put a bounty on a question of mine and later found a solution to that problem.
I was given 0 points for the answer (obviously) but i was also not given the bounty points back when i clicked for it. ...
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Possible to split a bounty or award a partial bounty?
How do we award a partial bounty?
And how would we split a bounty up between several users?
And (3): I believe the two above are not possible, so is this the right place to ask for an enhancement of ...
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How can I award a bounty when there is not answer?
I raised a bounty on this question because I face the same problem.
Now I have got a mail from SO that I must award the bounty within 24 hours.
But there are no answers, so how can I award the bounty? ...
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How to bring more attention to a non-duplicate
My question on Ask Ubuntu was flagged as duplicate. The post that was said to be my dupe did not apply to my circumstances, so I edited my question and voted for its reopening.
How many votes do I ...
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Where is the Bounty?
From this question I started a bounty that ended recently. After the bounty started user luri edited his answer to give a most useful additional information that made me award the bounty. However ...
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Who gets the bounty?
I have answered this featured question which has a bounty of +50. I had first answered it through a comment. My comment helped in solving the question. I was asked to re write it as an answer so that ...
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Can I add more bounty to a question which already have bounty offered by another user?
I want to offer bounty to a question and the question already have a bounty. Can I add additional bounty for the question? Also the question is not asked by myself.
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Who to award the bounty to?
This question, WinEunuuchs2Unix has written the best answers and put the most effort, but nothing seems to work
Bernard Wei, a very smart answer, I really wished it would work, I thought it would ...
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What does "canonical answer" refer to in bountied question notices?
I sometimes go through the bountied questions in Ask Ubuntu.
Often I see the notice indicating the reason for offering the bounty is a specific reason written manually.
Other standard noticed like &...
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What happens to bounty of closed/deleted question?
I went through the description of bounty and its terms / rules. However, I couldn't find what will happen if I have a bounty on my own question and I decide to close or delete the question.
Any ...
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Bounty allocated amount looks odd
When a bounty is allocated to an answer, the bounty amount is shown against it. This kind of looks weird in Ask Ubuntu
In contrast, the bounty allocated amount in Super User is much.. better
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Unable to put a bounty of only 50 on my question
I wanted to put a bounty on an old question, but am only able to put up 100, 150, 200, 250 or 300 (no option of 50). Any ideas why?
FAQs says I should be able to do just 50. Is this something to do ...
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Community Wiki bounties should be split
I believe that bounties that are awarded to community wiki questions should be split according to the work done by each user(See the percentages under any community wiki answer to get this data) ...
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Why is there no refund on bounty, when the question is not answered at all?
I know that the bounty is there to make your question more relevant or popular, yes.
And this is ALWAYS given, even if the question is not answered, i know.
BUT if the question is not off topic and ...
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What are the criteria for receiving a bounty if it is not manually awarded?
Realizing that I'm running the risk of sounding extremely petty, I'm confused and curious enough that I have to ask. :) There was a question with a bounty of 50. I answered this question after the ...
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What if the bounty was started by the question owner and did not accept any answer?
Following text within quotes was copied from this page
"If the bounty was started by the question owner, and the question owner accepts an answer posted during the bounty period, and the bounty ...
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Is there a way in increase Bounty?
I would like to increase the award amount of the bounty that I set a few days ago.
Is that possible?
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How to increase the bounty amount?
I asked a question and set the bounty to 50. Its still not receiving enough attention. So I want to increase the bounty amount. Is there any way I can increase the bounty amount??
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Should I feel bad about not giving a bounty to an answer on a bountied question?
I asked this question a while ago and gave a bounty of 50 rep to it. I received some good answers in no time and went through them. Although they didn't fix my problem.
Next the bounty was over and ...
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Bounty chronology, possible or N/A?
I just started my first bounty on Ask Ubuntu! A very special one as I offered it on another person's question. Btw, gaining the Investor Badge.
Actually I'm planning to keep track of them using my ...
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Feature Request: Allow commenting on awarded bounties
The sacrifice of privileges in exchange for setting bounties has been covered in a few other questions (1, 2, etc.). While I disagree with the reasoning (my thinking is in line with that of ...
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Do answers, given during grace period, count for a bounty?
Just curious..
A while ago, I commented on this question, to see if I could find information to give an answer. Just after the bounty period, but within the grace period, the poster commented that ...
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Can a bounty be redacted?
I could swear there was a 500 point bounty on this question: How to fix Bang and Olufsen Audio for HP laptops?
...and I could swear I saw it go into a 9 hour grace period last night. But upon looking ...
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Can I spontaneously give a bounty?
I am getting first-rate help on something that bugs me but was not originally staked in my question for a bounty.
How can I give a bounty spontaneously to a contributor for his/her answer (after the ...
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Can I give a bounty to a commenter?
I asked this question a few days ago. I got a couple of answers but nothing that worked so I added a bounty to try and get some more attention.
After placing the bounty, a user commented on one of ...
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Bounty on another question
Am trying to give a bounty in this question Limiting internet bandwidth for already started applications but somehow the option does not appeared. I tested on Firefox 4 and Chrome 12/13. It appears in ...
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raised flag - cooled off - now want to temper it / edit it -- what can I do?
I raised a flag. I asked for a post to be deleted.
After a cooling off period, I reasoned that the poster had clearly dedicated a lot of time to answering their question, in a great attempt to be ...
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What is the purpose of the ability to bounty a meta question?
I have recently decided to bounty a meta question of mine. This got me thinking about bounties on meta questions.
What is the purpose of them? In my case, only the moderators and high rep'd users ...
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Why I can't initiate a bounty
I want to initiate a bounty for one of my question Link here and as per FAQ the question should be atleast 2 days old. Now the question is more than 2 days old and I still cannot initiate a bounty. ...
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What happens to bounty points that are not awarded?
If a bounty is set and only one answer is given: when the bounty is not awarded what happens to the bounty? Does the only answer get the bounty despite it not being accepted assuming the answer is ...
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Transfer control over open bounty to other user (or moderator) because I can't award it
I have two open bounties (question 1 and question 2) of 50 points for each, which both end in 3 days.
However, I can't come online within the next week and none of them has an acceptable answer yet. ...
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Award bounty button not working
I'm trying to award a bounty to an answer I received, but nothing happens when I click the button. I'm not sure if either of these factors might be responsible:
I'm currently in the 24 hour grace ...
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Starting bounty on others question
I am facing some problem with my Ubuntu and solving those problem is very much important for me. After searching on Ask Ubuntu, I found some similar questions here and here with little response.
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No option found to start a bounty [duplicate]
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Why I can't initiate a bounty
I have started a question which is quite old now and i din get any clear solution to that question still. So i thought to start a bounty for ...
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Is is possible to cancel a bounty?
Is it possible to cancel a bounty if I found the answer to my question?
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Who gets reputation at the end of a bounty?
I can not find a clear answer to this anywhere. I have a question with a bounty. At the end of the 7-day period I set for the bounty, if there's no answers I've accepted and no answers have 2 or ...
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What is the fastest way to earn the bounty privilege?
I have numerous questions I need answered, and it doesn't look like they will be unless I unlock the ability to have bounties. On the particular stack exchange site, I'm not very knowledgeable about ...
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If I bounty a question, but then I write a good answer, can I award myself the bounty and get my bountied reputation back?
Say I start a bounty on a question. What happens if I figure out a solution for my bounty on my own and write a good answer. Can I award the bounty to myself? Do my reputation points belong to me ...
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Why is there a wait of two days before it is possible to offer a bounty?
The FAQ merely states it. There is no reason that I could see. Could it be to let enough people see the question in the hope that someone would be willing to answer without the incentive of a bounty? ...
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"start a bounty" missing
I have a question for which I want to start a bounty. The "start a bounty" is missing.
I checked this before asking here and I learnt that, per user account only one active bounty is allowed. Is only ...
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can I give bounty after time?
I offer a bounty for this question
But I have not always the time to test the solutions at once. To trigger my error I have always to make a cold boot.
So my question is, can I give the bounty after ...
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On my question (with bounty) mine is the only answer. Should I just accept my own answer or let the bounty continue to expire?
I asked a question. After further searching and no answers I set a bounty.
Only after that did I happen upon information I needed by a total fluke. As a result I have posted an answer that addresses ...
