Calling all bounty hunters!

Posted by Kim on November 18, 2014, 10:22am

Thanks to Darth_Angelus for this awesome fan-film!

With great awesomeness comes great responsibility. With every new feature, upgrade, or change to the site, there comes with it a risk that bugs will sneak in as well. This veritable flood of updates means that the risk is higher than ever.

But fear not. For if you find a bug, you may also have struck gold.

For the next two weeks, every bug report that leads to something being fixed will be rewarded with a special event-only accolade to display proudly on your user profile.

We collected these gorgeous feathers from the downy undercoat of a mythically sized bird. Those who have been lucky enough to hold these feathers say they feel refreshed, even revived, after touching them...

But after this two week bounty hunting event, we'll be back to the regular old accolades, and these magical feathers will never be available again.

Want to earn a feather (or five) for your profile? Follow these simple guidelines!

Bug Bounty Hunt Rules & Guidelines

Although the focus of this hunt is on groups, because that's where the bulk of the new code occurred, any report that leads to a site improvement in the next 13 days is still eligible for a fiery feather accolade.
- "Site improvements" might be helping me to find and fix a bug, but it might be something else!
- If you report something that is confusing or difficult to understand, but not necessarily "broken", you might still win an accolade, depending on the quality of the report
- Sometimes even reporting typos or broken links can earn an accolade!
Accolades can only be won if reported via the bug report form. If sent through comments or PMs or the forums, you won't get an award. PLEASE, use the bug report form! In the top navigation, go to "Help", and then select "Report a Problem" from the dropdown. Or use this link.
Bug reports must contain a thorough description of the situation. Please don't write and say "it won't let me..." or "I can't..." and then nothing else. If the problem occurred on a specific page, link me to that page. If it occurred in a specific group, tell me which one. Let me know if you were on a mobile phone or a desktop computer. Let me know what browser you were using at the time. The more details you can provide, the better chance I have to find the problem and fix it.
Accolades are awarded when the problem is fixed. If you submit a report within the time period but it doesn't get fixed until after the event is over, don't worry! You'll still be given the event accolade.

So for the greater glory of the site and the prettification of your profile, go forth and test everything there is to be tested! With help from all of you, we'll have all the kinks ironed out in no time.

Not sure where to start looking for bugs? Check out this article the site's most successful bug bounty hunter wrote on the topic!

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