This question offers a bounty of 100 and the user has a grand total of one point. I'm sure there is an obvious reason and I am sure I shall kick myself when I am told.
But how does this work, exactly ?
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3To whatever curmudgeon is downvoting this harmless question: why? What’s the point? It’s asked and answered. Let it go.– Dan BronCommented Dec 10, 2017 at 12:27
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+1 I wondered the same thing myself on a different question. I solved the problem by looking up the user's profile, and then kicked myself.– ab2Commented Dec 10, 2017 at 14:52
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1@ab2 How did looking at the user's profile help solve the problem?– LawrenceCommented Dec 10, 2017 at 16:02
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1@Lawrence I made a mistake in that comment. After I posted it, I remembered that what I had done was read the rules about offering a bounty. I just kicked myself again. (But see Cerberus's answer, below.)– ab2Commented Dec 10, 2017 at 16:59
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The reputation needed for the bounty has already been subtracted, so he had 101 before he placed the bounty. See his reputation history:
https://english.stackexchange.com/users/270619/user123456798?tab=reputation
He got 101 from his association bonus.
answered Dec 10, 2017 at 2:43
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What a generous guy. Offering all of his association bonus.– Nigel JCommented Dec 10, 2017 at 2:51
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So that he can make a 'clean start' from scratch on ELU, @Nigel J -- certainly a very generous person. Commented Dec 19, 2017 at 15:03