I saw that your last three answered questions all have a bounty .. and >The question gets placed in the home page's featured tab for seven days. [From set a bounty on a question][1] >![Enter image description here][2] Also like you, there are many more who want to answer bounty questions. And if you answer a question which is localized or not helpful for others, the possibility is less. However, if a question is good and your answer is good enough then time doesn't matter. See for example http://stackoverflow.com/a/12853037/1723893. This answer is given after approximately a month, but it got 70 upvotes, the reason being question is good. Also, you can share your answer: ![Enter image description here][3] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/privileges/set-bounties [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/mzJMN.png [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/M8Lt0.png