A similar question was asked but was somewhat colored by the implication that the questioner wanted to "pay" for assistance.
But I was wondering if there is a mechanism to award bonus points for an answer to a third party's question that I find extremely beneficial to my understanding. This is a bit different from offering a bounty since it's not my question.
Clearly I would upvote the answer, and possibly express my enthusiasm in a comment, but it's probably not a good idea to laden the thread with accolades.