A couple of times it happened to me that I bountied a question. If nobody has answered, the day before the expire date of the bounty some guy answers with some stupid answer, just to take the bounty prize. How can I avoid this?
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13$\begingroup$ If it's a really stupid answer, then presumably it won't get any upvotes, and then it won't get awarded any part of the bounty. See meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16065/… for details. $\endgroup$ – Gerry Myerson Mar 30 '20 at 8:02
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6$\begingroup$ Price = the thing you pay; prize = the thing you get. Sometimes, the prize is the price, but more often than not, these are two different things! :) $\endgroup$ – Asaf Karagila♦ Mar 30 '20 at 8:32
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1$\begingroup$ If the question has a negative score, it does not get the bounty (if I recall correctly). If it is so bad, just downvote it. $\endgroup$ – Ivo Terek Mar 30 '20 at 14:00
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4$\begingroup$ @IvoTerek: Do you mean the answer? You need score of +2 for the automatic bounty, yes. $\endgroup$ – Asaf Karagila♦ Mar 30 '20 at 16:52
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3$\begingroup$ Yes, I meant the answer. But now that you mention this minimum of +2, it makes me think whether a "stupid" answer would get at least +2 to begin with (I'd would assume that for the question to be worth a bounty it'd be more or less non-trivial, so people actually reading it and upvoting an answer there should know what they were doing). $\endgroup$ – Ivo Terek Mar 30 '20 at 16:55
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$\begingroup$ I'm curious: has this tactic ever worked for the user? That is, has a terrible last-minute answer ever actually been awarded the auto-bounty? If so, such behavior should definitely be flagged, because it's likely that the upvotes are related accounts to the user, so the mods could ban both the answerer and their upvoters, potentially. $\endgroup$ – Aaron Montgomery Apr 11 '20 at 15:36
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$\begingroup$ The answer just got 1 up, so it worked fine! $\endgroup$ – astrobarrel Apr 11 '20 at 16:12
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If the answer is of very low quality, flag it as such. Other users will review this flag, and if necessary, the moderators will intervene.
If you see a pattern of this behaviour in some users, or if you suspect foul play, please flag this as "in need of moderator attention" and explain the situation.
answered Mar 30 '20 at 8:31
