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What happens if you put a bounty but there's no answer? Do you lose your rep? To whom?

I have a question for which I have set a 50 point bounty. What happens if I don't award anyone my bounty? Will the points be credited to my reputation? Or will they be wasted since I have not used ...

Possible Duplicate: How does the bounty system work? So my bounty expired and there was only one answer rated zero. To my big surprise, the bounty simply disappeared. Lost. I would have expected ...

I've recently come across a few really well written and researched answers contributed by low rep users. I feel like my solitary upvote isn't sufficient reward for their efforts. (Yes, I know that ...

This question on SO clearly belongs elsewhere, but the asker already put a bounty on the question. If the question is migrated, does the rep get refunded? Does the question continue to be a bounty ...

Earlier today I posted this question which yielded a really well-done answer. I'd like to attract attention to this answer in the hope that the answer will get upvoted, as a kind of reward for the ...

Possible Duplicate: How does the bounty system work? I was having a question on stackoverflow which didn't get much attention for a week, I added a bounty of +50 to it. Now I got the solution to ...

I accepted an answer to this question: How to develop a web application compatible with multiple database management systems but the bounty was awarded by Community ♦ to another answer. Why ...

What is the amount of the highest single bounty ever posted? Is there a limit to how much rep you can spend on a single bounty?

My understanding is bounties are used to attract more viewers for a possible difficult or an urgent question. My question is: what if I already see somebody is answering my question and putting extra ...

Possible Duplicate: How does the bounty system work? Something seems wrong with this post. Have the bounty rules changed? Seems that the same bounty was awarded several times to the same user.

I am really confused about this. My question didn't get much attention even after offering the bounty. What will happen to my bounty now? Will I be getting it back or is there any way to increase its ...

I know bounties on questions help in getting answers. But it is also possible that some people award bounties to get perfect answers but after getting the answer they do not accept it. Has this ...

My rep on SO went up by 50 just after the site was offline. It says that I get +50 for the question Object Technolgy / Object-Oriented Technology implemented in Relational Databases (deleted, 10K ...

I can't seem to add a bounty to one of my questions on SO - what are the rules governing adding bounties?

I do not see any bounty button. I've checked the FAQ and related questions, but I guess nobody has been so lame to ask this question so far. I'm a newbie to this site and my situation is like this: ...

For questions, you can attract attention by offering a bounty. Now let's say you worked hard and offered what you feel is a very good answer (possibly a lot better than the currently accepted answer) ...

Possible Duplicate: How does the bounty system work? I have over 75 reputation points, but I can't for the life of me see how to add a bounty to my questions. I sometimes have seen "add a bounty" ...

Possible Duplicate: How does the bounty system work? I had started bounty question on stackoverflow but haven't got any useful answer. No answer has up votes that can qualifies for auto bounty ...

Can I put a bounty on a community wiki question? While I haven't found any information eliminating this possibility, I have also not found a confirmation answer. Given the special nature of CW ...

I have seen an answer which "has been awarded bounties worth 25 reputation by Community". But according to the Help center, the minimum reputation is 50. Then, how is it possible?

What are the questions in the 'featured' tab on the Stack Overflow Questions page? How does a question become 'featured'? Is it just a list of questions with active bounties?

So I've been on stackoverflow for a while just replying question and now, for the first time asked something python-sqlalchemy related. I only got a reply that wasn't helpful so after a few days, I ...

I've provided an answer on a question with a bounty, however once my answer was accepted I was not credited the bounty. The question in question is: Ruby/Rails: accessing a variable inside a .each on ...

Possible Duplicate: How does the bounty system work? I answered this question and received two upvotes, but only got 50% of the bounty (was 100, got 50). Unique results from joined queries with ...

I had a bounty on one of my own questions, which I then answered. It was the only answer and it received up votes from other users. It would be nice that if you put a bounty on a question and it doesn'...

Possible Duplicates: Is the Bounty system broken? How does the bounty system work? I responded to a bounty that listed +200, and my answer was accepted However, I only see +100 in my reputation....

Possible Duplicate: How does the bounty system work? I have offered bounty of +50 on My question link. The bounty period is overed but bounty points not refunded any reason?

Possible Duplicate: How does the bounty system work? Why bounty option is not showing for this question, it's approx 15 days old? How to embed youtube videos in webpage for mobile Safari?

I offered a bounty on this question that I asked last year. I have provided the answer with working code, and days later someone else provided a "duplicate" answer without code. Currently ...