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If I am unsatisfied by the answers on a question with a bounty that is set to expire soon, can I cancel the bounty? What am I supposed to do to get better answers??

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Point of order: you can't cancel a bounty but mods can for you. – Double AA♦ Feb 10 at 1:17
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IMHO you can bump it back to the main page with a trivial edit on the last day if you haven't gotten anything. Otherwise, it might just be that our current users...don't know! – Double AA♦ Feb 10 at 1:18
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Thanks, @Monica Chellio. I hear both sides, but on a smaller site, I think a veto option might come in handy. Even if just a downvote. – Seth J Feb 10 at 1:56
I agree -- the bounty-giver ought to be able to say "no, not that answer", even if it means a forfeit (like happens if you get no answers at all...been there). – Monica Cellio♦ Feb 10 at 2:01
@Monica Cellio, I mean, we are, first and foremost, a community site, and the idea is to allow the community to crowdsource the best answer. But even so, sometimes (ok, LOADS of times) a half-answer or even a non-answer gets votes, and then what are you supposed to do? – Seth J Feb 10 at 2:05
Participating in that MSO question may be the best path to getting this. – Monica Cellio♦ Feb 10 at 2:35
This is why I stopped offering bounties, for the most part. I do like the idea of awarding bounties after the fact. – Menachem Feb 10 at 16:37
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That's part of the risk of offering up a bounty, though -- it's possible the results you receive will not be what you had hoped for. – Aarthi Feb 11 at 18:30
@DoubleAA, can you please cancel the one I have open that hasn't got ANY answers to date? I don't need the points back, but I'd be annoyed if someone swooped in with a terrible answer and claimed it (even half of it). – Seth J Mar 11 at 17:02

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