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When a followed question is edited or closed, it triggers an inbox notification for those who follow it. However, I just noticed that starting a bounty does not trigger an inbox notification, nor does ending it.

I believe that a bounty is as important as an edit and most, if not all users would want to know when a bounty is started on a question that they follow.

I'd argue that it's also important to get notified when the bounty ends. This is because a user might follow a bountied question because they would like to start a new bounty if the current one ends without a satisfying outcome.

Can bounties be added to the list of actions that trigger a notification?

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  • I agree with this idea. However, it's not completely clear to me if you're suggesting this be only when following a question, or should it also apply to any followed answer to a question when the bounty is posted. Personally, I think having it be just for a followed question makes the most sense since a bounty would usually not directly affect any answer I'm following.
    – John Omielan
    Commented May 14, 2021 at 1:48
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    @John Agreed, that's exactly my idea. A bounty is a question-related action, so following an answer should not be affected. Just like when a question is closed (or edited), it doesn't trigger a notification for anyone who's only following one (or more) of its answers but not following the question itself.
    – 41686d6564
    Commented May 14, 2021 at 1:51
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    Authors aren't currently notified of bounties being started on their questions.
    – Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog
    Commented May 14, 2021 at 1:59
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    @Sonic I wasn't aware of this. Well, that's probably another potential feature request. I think they should be notified. That said, I believe it's even more important with followed posts because most bounties (with the exception of meta) are started by authors anyway.
    – 41686d6564
    Commented May 14, 2021 at 2:06
  • I would be alright with this change, provided, I could disable the feature. I also would require the ability to submit a close vote, in those rare cases, where a user knows just enough and starts a bounty to prevent a question from being closed.
    – Ramhound
    Commented May 14, 2021 at 3:44
  • The relevant feature request: Can there be a notification for bounties started on questions you've asked or answered?
    – V2Blast
    Commented May 19, 2022 at 16:32

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