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Giving out a bounty reward late
(detailed info on how bounties work, can be found here)
Is there still a way for me to award the points
No, if you didn't choose someone to give it to, and it wasn't rewarded to anyone, it's too ...
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Is it better to ask a new question or place a bounty on an old one?
If what you really want is that same question answered, but not with that answer, then yes, a new question post would likely be a duplicate of the first one
Here are some things you can do to try to ...
Isaac MosesMod
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Bounty progression bug
Each time you put a bounty on a same question, the amount has to be at least twice than your previous bounty, until it reaches the maximum amount of 500.
Example progression: 50 - 100 - 200 - 400 - ...
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Why can't I place a bounty on a question?
The question is eligible, but you are not (currently). There is a maximum of three active bounties per user. After you award one of your other bounties, you'll be able to post one on this question.
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Option of removing bounties
This is the way the bounty system works across the Stack Exchange network, and it is deliberate. To quote from the FAQ on the network Meta site:
Part of what you're "paying for" with a ...
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How is bounty awarded when a question already has an accepted answer?
From the help page about bounties:
If you do not award your bounty within 7 days (plus the grace period), the highest voted answer created after the bounty started with a minimum score of 2 will be ...
Double AAMod
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Accepted
When should I place a bounty on my question?
Users with 25k rep have access to site analytics. Here is a graph from there of site traffic over the last year:
Those deep dips are Saturdays, as you would expect. Throughout the rest of the week, ...
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Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible