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by pjbringer 4637 days ago
Putting a dollar amount on anything signals value perception. 12.50$ is a lot worse than a warm welcome, or other free rewards like public acknowledgement, because it says Yahoo really couldn't care less about finding such bugs.
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Known as the overjustification effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overjustification_effect