*Disclaimer*: - I have read [How does the bounty system works?](http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16065/how-does-the-bounty-system-work). - I have read questions such as [How to award a bounty (+50) instantly?](http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/166318/how-to-award-a-bounty50-instantly), and its peers, closed as duplicate of the former. I know how the system works; I find it annoying. - I have read [Should the 24-hour timeout apply to bounties awareded for "exemplary answer"?](http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/116072/should-the-24-hour-timeout-apply-to-bounties-awarded-for-exemplary-answer); it comes close to what I'd like, but was declined with no explicit reason. - I have read [Waiting 24 hours to reward an existing answer is completely illogical](http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/268362/waiting-24-hours-to-reward-an-existing-answer-is-completely-illogical); it's half of the issue I present here (or a 1/3, depending on whether you count the time or the number of interactions required). It seems clear that I am not the only one having issues with rewarding specific existing answers. --- I regularly come upon excellent answers on StackOverflow, and I'd like to reward them with more than a simple uvpote. > There is a mechanism exactly suited for this on StackExchange: the bounties. Great! Let's award a bounty! [![Stop][1]][1] > One must wait 48 hours before being able to open a bounty on a question. *Reaaally?* Oh well, let's setup a reminder... *Fast-forward 48h...* Alright, let's award this bounty! Just have to create it and... [![Stop][1]][1] > One must wait 24 hours before being able to award a bounty (but less than 7 days). *Reaaally?* Yes. Even when said bounty was created specifically with to **Reward existing answer**. Let's setup **another** reminder then... --- It takes me more effort to award a +50 bounty to an excellent answer than it takes me to actually earn those +50 in the first place. Quite ludicrous, isn't it? Each time I wish to award a bounty to an excellent answer, I'm reminded that it's really a drag. And I seriously reconsider awarding the bounty. --- So, here comes the question. Disregarding the actual time it would take between the awarder deciding to award +N to an answer, and the answerer actually receiving this +N (or actually, +2*N), and disregarding the additional attention that may be garnered from the question being *featured*, ... **Is the principle itself of awarding bounties to existing answers in one-click desirable or not?** *Note: I am interested if anyone has a user-script for that...* [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/dDSWM.gif