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I agree with your point about hard questions. They ought to provide escalating reward for answering older questions.

• nathan_long 14y ago
  They do some of this. For example, the silver Necromancer badge is awarded when you "Answered a question more than 60 days later with score of 5 or more" http://stackoverflow.com/badges http://stackoverflow.com/badges
• streptomycin 14y ago
  You can put a bounty on your hard question if nobody answers it.
  • topbanana 14y ago
    You can, but you are penalised for doing so.
    • yrizos 14y ago
      Penalised? You spend some imaginary points and in return you get more chances for a good answer to your question... That's a fair tradeoff, if you ask me...