Timeline for Suggestion of a measure to avoid abandoned bounties
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| Aug 24, 2018 at 20:39 | comment | added | harrymc | Please disassociate my suggestion from myself. There is no correspondence except for my (long) experience here. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 20:28 | comment | added | harrymc | I'm here for fun and education, and reputation is a byproduct. As a moderator you are more instrumental than me in creating rules that govern behavior on the site and many of these rules concern reputation, which is still the most effective positive incentive that SU has (although for me when a user thanks me heartily this is worth much more than reputation). Don't blame me for saying the rules are not perfect. My suggestions are meant to start a discussion that might bear some fruits of some kind sometime, that's all. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 20:14 | comment | added | DavidPostill Mod | "reputation is basically the only available tool" Really? So you are only here because of your reputation? What happened to helping people because you know the answer? If you are only here because of imaginary internet points you should perhaps look in the mirror and think about your motivation. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 20:08 | comment | added | harrymc | Nobody is obliged to do anything - SU can only encourage the right behavior, and reputation is basically the only available tool. I have seen really weird things happening around bounties, so think some encouragements are in order. The +2 rep rule is to my opinion ridiculously low and has really no effect, which is why I suggested to go as high as 20% for bounties. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 19:58 | comment | added | DavidPostill Mod | @harrymc No it doesn't. The +2 for accepting answers is already the case. Nobody is obliged to accept answers whether there is a bounty attached or not. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 18:43 | comment | added | harrymc | Your argument also works against the +2 rep rule quoted in my post - why should posters be encouraged to accept when their question was answered? The fact is still that many posters get attracted to posts because of the bounty and some even invest a great deal. This is human nature which SU does exploit with this mechanism. As such I believe that SU should not shirk responsibility and should encourage the correct behavior of all parties. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 17:59 | history | answered | DavidPostillMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |