If there’s no answer meeting those criteria, no bounty is awarded to anyone. That means the reputation posts you lost won’t be returned. Note that you already lose them when placing the bounty, not when the bounty is awarded.
How do you bounty a question in stack overflow?
To start a bounty, click on the “start a bounty” link at the bottom of an eligible question and allocate anywhere between 50 and 500 reputation, in 50-point increments. You can also choose from a list of bounty reasons to help other users understand why you’re dissatisfied with any current answers to the question.
Can bounties expire?
For bounties themselves, standard ones will expire 24 hours after you first picked it up from a vendor. Weekly bounties will expire exactly seven days after you pick those up. And if you don’t finish it until after the weekly reset on Tuesday, you won’t be able to pick up a new one for that week.
Can you put a bounty on a question?
If you see a question that has not gotten a satisfactory answer, a bounty may help attract more attention and more answers. Slice off anywhere from +50 to +500 of your own hard-earned reputation, and attach it to any question as a bounty.
How long does it take for a bounty to be awarded?
The bounty period lasts 7 days. Bounties must have a minimum duration of at least 1 day. After the bounty ends, there is a grace period of 24 hours to manually award the bounty. Simply click the bounty award icon next to each answer to permanently award your bounty to the answerer. (You cannot award a bounty to your own answer.)
How does a bounty work on a website?
A bounty is a special reputation award given to answers. It is funded by the personal reputation of the user who offers it, and is non-refundable.
When is the oldest answer chosen for a bounty?
If two or more eligible answers have the same score (their scores are tied), the oldest answer is chosen. If there’s no answer meeting those criteria, no bounty is awarded to anyone.
