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I've done quite a bit of searching but don't see anything regarding it.

I am unable to place a bounty on my own, or anyone else's question here on meta.

I see the featured tab is still available, with featured (bounty) questions, so it doesn't look like bounty has been turned off here altogether.

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  • I've looked at questions I've posted with no answers, old questions, questions with different required tags, and lots of other people's questions - no more bounty link.
    – Pollyanna
    Commented Jan 21, 2011 at 19:24
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    I'm seeing the link - how old are the questions? Do you have a bounty on another question already?
    – ChrisF Mod
    Commented Jan 21, 2011 at 19:26
  • @ChrisF - I have a selection of questions: meta.stackoverflow.com/users/2915/pollyanna#questions from which to choose. Sorting by most recent there are many within the last month or two that have no answers. I can't see any bounty link on any of them.
    – Pollyanna
    Commented Jan 21, 2011 at 19:31
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    @ChrisF There are only 9 featured questions and none of them are from Pollyanna
    – Grace Note StaffMod
    Commented Jan 21, 2011 at 19:31
  • Here's an example: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/47667/… - I don't get a bounty link.
    – Pollyanna
    Commented Jan 21, 2011 at 19:32
  • @Grace - Yeah, I'm not currently running any bounties. Are we only allowed to run one bounty at a time?
    – Pollyanna
    Commented Jan 21, 2011 at 19:32
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    Yes, you're only allowed to run one bounty at a time. I'm able to run bounties here, still. Maybe you're restricted because of the ol' lotteries you used to run. ♪
    – Grace Note StaffMod
    Commented Jan 21, 2011 at 19:33
  • For the sake of posterity, post a screenshot of your inability to post bounties.
    – Grace Note StaffMod
    Commented Jan 21, 2011 at 19:34
  • DRAMATIC GASP! Don't tell I've been blacklisted!?!
    – Pollyanna
    Commented Jan 21, 2011 at 19:34
  • @Grace - I did check myself but when I saw your comment deleted I didn't answer.
    – ChrisF Mod
    Commented Jan 21, 2011 at 19:36
  • @Grace - I don't want to clutter the op: i.imgur.com/zeZpE.png
    – Pollyanna
    Commented Jan 21, 2011 at 19:38
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    Well, that's very mysterious. I'm suddenly a lot more confident in my conspiracy theory than any of the more plausible theories.
    – Grace Note StaffMod
    Commented Jan 21, 2011 at 19:39
  • Glad that balpha sorted this out - I'll fix the delete code (only usable by mods in this case) to properly remove bounties.
    – Jarrod Dixon
    Commented Jan 23, 2011 at 9:59

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Issue resolved in chat. Relevant bit of the transcript starts around here; will create a conversation out of it after discussion ends (if I remember). and here's the full transcript. Unfortunately, it has a lot of side conversation mixed in.

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    Would you please sum up the relevant bit? I got lost at bacaon.
    – Louis Waweru
    Commented Apr 23, 2014 at 5:52
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    I don't even know anymore. The timeline on that post is... confusing. I think it had something to do with a post being deleted while it still had an open bounty. This was back in the one-bounty-at-a-time days, so the system thought the user had one going, but since the post was deleted he couldn't award it, either. Anyways, it's since been resolved.
    – Pops StaffMod
    Commented May 11, 2014 at 19:32
  • Apparently one may only have one bounty going at a time.
    – aparente001
    Commented Aug 29, 2015 at 2:39
  • That was true at the time, but not anymore. See this bounty update blog post.
    – Pops StaffMod
    Commented Aug 31, 2015 at 15:27
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Appears to be related to a deleted question with my bounty on it, apparently still active:

https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/45826/test-question-please-avoid-upvoting-will-be-defenestrated-by-april-27th

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  • I recently had a bounty question from SO moved here, and I have the same issue. The user that received the bounty doesn't have a MSO account.
    – user50049
    Commented Jan 21, 2011 at 20:48

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