Stackoverflow has long had a “bounty” system where you can put up some of your karma to promote your question. The karma goes to the answer you choose to accept, if you choose to accept an answer; otherwise it’s lost. (There’s no analogue of “accepted answer” on LessWrong, but thought it might be an interesting reference point.)
I lean against the money version, since not everyone has the same amount of disposable income and I think there would probably be distortionary effects in this case [e.g. wealthy startup founder paying to promote their monographs.]
That’s not really how the system on Stackoverflow works. You can give a bounty to any answer not just the one you accepted.
It’s also not lost but:
If you do not award your bounty within 7 days (plus the grace period), the highest voted answer created after the bounty started with a minimum score of 2 will be awarded half the bounty amount (or the full amount, if the answer is also accepted). If two or more eligible answers have the same score (their scores are tied), the oldest answer is chosen. If there’s no answer meeting those criteria, no bounty is awarded to anyone.
Stackoverflow has long had a “bounty” system where you can put up some of your karma to promote your question. The karma goes to the answer you choose to accept, if you choose to accept an answer; otherwise it’s lost. (There’s no analogue of “accepted answer” on LessWrong, but thought it might be an interesting reference point.)
I lean against the money version, since not everyone has the same amount of disposable income and I think there would probably be distortionary effects in this case [e.g. wealthy startup founder paying to promote their monographs.]
That’s not really how the system on Stackoverflow works. You can give a bounty to any answer not just the one you accepted.
It’s also not lost but: