Questions tagged [bounties]
A bounty is a way to get additional attention for a question by offering some of your own reputation for great answers.
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Bounty dialog does not update bounty value
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In some circumstances the bounty dialog asks "Are you sure you want to start a bounty of N reputation on this question?" with the wrong value of N.
Steps to reproduce
Note: the ...
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Make award bounty button more distinctive from label with already awarded bounty amount
Today I was awarding a bounty to this answer which had already been bountied before. Can you guess which is the label indicating the previously awarded bounty/ies and which is the button to award the ...
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Why don't people wait to the end of bounty before awarding it? [closed]
What could be reasons people don't wait to the end of the bounty period before awarding the bounty?
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"Question eligible for bounty in ..." link is missing for recent questions
For questions too recent to be eligible for a bounty, the link such as "Question eligible for bounty in 22 hours" is missing. This was tested for Stack Overflow and Meta Stack Exchange.
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Clearly mention canceled bounties in post timelines
Clearly mention canceled bounties in post timelines.
Current situation: cancelled bounties are referred to as "Notice removed" in the timeline. E.g., I see a bounty here (mirror), but a ...
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Edit the bounty help center page to make it clearer that what's being paid for is the advertising, not the reputation award to answers
The help center page on bounties has this text:
Part of what you’re “paying for” with the bounty is to get additional attention for your question, over and beyond what a normal question gets. In that ...
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Can I get part of my reputation back if there's no answer after the bounty period? [duplicate]
I have recently posted a 100 point bounty on my question. The bounty period expired, but no answers have been posted.
Can I get part of my reputation back (for example, half of the bounty, which is 50 ...
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Translation for bounty popup title isn't used
The title of the bounty popup was translated a long time ago, but is not used currently for some reason:
It was probably affected by the recent changes to that popup - In the bounty primary window, &...
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Should there be a way to explicitly mark some questions as "requires authoritative references"?
Recently I've been asking academically oriented questions, and I kept getting unsolicited opinions from laymen as "answers". I'm frankly tired of people who feel so secure in their own ...
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"Question eligible for bounty in N days" not showing on new questions anymore [duplicate]
It's been a while since I've been around so things might have changed a lot since I was last active.
I very recently asked a question and got a great answer that I feel cannot be topped and accepted ...
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Change "bounty ended" to "bounty awarded" in answer's timeline & revision history
Over the lifecycle of an awarded bounty, four events occur in the question's timeline (and revision history): "notice added", "bounty started", "notice removed", "...
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Bounty removed days ago, but it still shows on the homepage
On SFF, I see a bountied question:
But in reality, the bounty was removed by a moderator 2 days ago. Why does it still show on the homepage and under "Bountied"?
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Allow bounties to be posted with the API
Currently, as far as I can tell, it is not possible to post a bounty on an answer through the SE API; indeed, that seems to be just about the only thing the API doesn't let apps do to questions. Is it ...
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How to get bounty back if a question is closed?
I started a bounty over on Stack Overflow that regarded Docker Compose and networking, and then the question got closed. Someone with the right authority regarded it was a networking question and not ...
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Countdown indicator on bountied questions [duplicate]
I don't know if this has been discussed before, I didn't find anything in the search engine.
I usually check the bountied in the stacks I participate in, often to check the pending time. I don't know ...
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