Timeline for What happens to my offered rep if no bounty is awarded because no answer exist?
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| Dec 31, 2020 at 18:27 | comment | added | U. Windl | Personally I feel this is not fair: I want to motivate people to find an answer. If nobody does answer, then I'm loosing my reputation points, meaning I "paid for nothing". I feel it would be more fair to have the reputation refunded. In my case there was no answer and no comment, but my reputation points are gone. | |
| Jul 1, 2020 at 17:52 | comment | added | Jarad | And if a question doesn't even get attention (measured by views) even with a 250+ bounty (for example) then it's simply a waste. In that case, you get no attention (or very little), no outcome, and a loss. In theory your answer makes sense if attention is attracted, but take a realistic look at the questions unanswered and their view counts currently. System needs a re-think. | |
| Aug 20, 2019 at 7:21 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek Mod | I think you misunderstand what the outcome is - you're getting people to pay attention to your question. You're trading reputation for attention not answers. | |
| Aug 20, 2019 at 7:11 | comment | added | Sazzad Hissain Khan | This rule should be amended for fairness. In this particular situation bounty should be refunded to the OP as there is no effective outcome. | |
| Dec 4, 2018 at 18:57 | comment | added | Ramhound | @ThatRandomGuy - I flagged them as no longer being necessary. Once commentary is no longer necessary it should be deleted. | |
| Jan 20, 2017 at 4:22 | comment | added | cFreed | Sorry, indeed I wasn't clear in my previous comment. What I mean with "I couldn't find the information" is about the fact that the current help/bounty page is far less precise than the excerpt found it the answer I cited. In other words I wonder where this excerpt comes from, if not in help/bounty? | |
| Jan 20, 2017 at 3:50 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek Mod |
Its right on the first line 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 question by placing a bounty on it.. I mean you can also offer bounties after the answer's placed, but attention really is the main purpose here
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| Jan 20, 2017 at 3:34 | comment | added | cFreed | Hm... I'm paying for the attention, not for the service: yes, once seen this way, it becomes fair. Thanks for that part of answer. In the other hand I keep surprised I couldn't find the information in the current help/bounty page. | |
| Jan 20, 2017 at 3:29 | history | answered | Journeyman GeekMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |