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Our highest voted answer "has not received enough attention"?
Is it possible that the user offering the bounty selected an incorrect
reason for the bounty, possibly wanting to get a canonical answer or
reward one that is already given as exemplary?
It's ...
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Why does a bounty suspend topicality?
It looks like this question has already asked over at Meta.SO:
Why can't I vote to close a question that has a bounty on it?
And a related question at Meta SE:
How can we close questions with ...
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Bounties on Questions with Close Votes
Why is this frowned upon by the Mods ( or in general )?
We frown upon any action that abuses SE systems, especially if it's done to accomplish a particular action that's not normally possible. ...
LilienthalMod
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What exactly is Bounty for
A bounty is just an additional reward. It is useful for several reasons:
It can reward answers not chosen as the accepted answer.
Allows to go further that the +10 reputation points that a regular ...
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Is it possible to exceed the reputation cap if I have awarded a bounty?
Reading How does Reputation Work the following statement is provided:
You can earn a maximum of +200 reputation from upvotes and suggested edits in any given day. Bounties and the bonuses for ...
DarkCygnusMod
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How to award bounty on a dupe question?
Is there anyway I can still award a bounty on that question?
No, I'm afraid not. Closed questions cannot receive a bounty.
Unfortunately the help page doesn't specify this.
LilienthalMod
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Should we unprotect a question with an active bounty?
Somebody posting a bounty isn't, by itself, reason to change the status of a question. However, whenever you come across an older protected question, it's worth asking yourself: does this still need ...
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Awarding A Bounty
A bounty buys publicity for a question. (One hopes it also buys a good answer, but what the bounty "pays" for is the exposure.) That publicity lasts for as long as the bounty does, so I usually don'...
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Awarding A Bounty
I think the bounty help page has good advice:
"If you’ve asked a good question, edited it with status and progress updates, and still are not receiving answers, you can draw attention to your ...
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Our highest voted answer "has not received enough attention"?
Is it possible that the user offering the bounty selected an incorrect
reason for the bounty, possibly wanting to get a canonical answer or
reward one that is already given as exemplary?
Yes, I ...
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Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible