Ha

Has there been a meta post about what a "significant contribution" is for documentation?

@Shog9 Why is it that we don't get notifications on downvotes, anyways?

@Magisch no rep change

I'd rather now, to be honest. I get relatively few but everytime I get one I want to revisit that answer and see what I can improve

on Main, I mean

yup

If answers don't meet the criteria of bounty, do I get back the reputation?

Maybe that could be an opt-in feature?

@PichiWuana no

But seriously though, the process starts with a resumé review, followed by talking with a people team rep, code screen, a harder coding interview, an architecture interview and a VP interview. There's some more info in this presentation:

@Magisch Who gets it then?

You can choose not to award it, then the highest voted answer submitted during the bounty (must be score 2+) gets half of it

or you can award it

if no decent voted answer is posted, the reputation is lost

@ᴡᴏʀᴅs so... originally the idea was that you'd stop getting rep after a while. Which, I gotta be honest, made a ton of sense.

Too complicated, I guess

@Magisch I just loose it and no one else gets it? It just disappears?

@PichiWuana Yeah

oh

think of it as money spent on advertising

ohh

if nobody buys your product, you dont get your money back

I get it

What about if I ask for help about something that need to be resolved, like fixing a bug, error, etc in a program, operating system? Users can see an answer as useful, they will vote for it, and maybe he gets the bounty because no one else solved the problem. He gets my reputation even that my problem wasn't resolved. Is there something to do about that issue?

@PichiWuana not really

that person spent their time to help you, even if it didnt work

Okay, I see... you're right

How will I get more attention if there is 2 pages of bounty questions? lol

Yeah maybe

burn-typo stackoverflow.com/questions/38574383/…

Why did I get down votes in this question? No one left a comment.

@PichiWuana as time pass, the question gets higher in there, i.e. questions on top of the featured tab are those where the bounty is ending soon.

@ShadowWizard oh ok thanks

@PichiWuana didn't downvote myself, but generally speaking, site recommendation questions on MSE are risky, they might get downvoted when people don't like the subject.

MSE got its quirks, one just have to get to know them and live with them.

@ᴡᴏʀᴅs Thank you, I will edit it

@PichiWuana still feels "too short"... fine with me, but maybe ᴡᴏʀᴅs got a point. Anyway, if you want to ask "How to fold a cable in a compact way?" it fits as a Life Hack.

Cables are nasty, they tend to unroll no matter how you try to roll them.

Thank you

:)

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@Telkitty Until a friend of yours dies from an accidental one.

@Telkitty I thought it was an Oded pun