Of late I have observed that a few questions have been raised, which on close inspection [look off-topic][1] however were carrying an active bounty.

In one case, I tried to [salvage the post][2] with significant edits to make sure that OP could perhaps get an answer that solves their issue at least also to avoid unnecessary wastage of bounty rep (hard earned rep) from the OP's point of view. 

Recently there came another [post with active bounty][3] which I reckon can be deemed [off-topic] [1] (asking for app recommendations), but in this case I am not too sure how this can be handled. I also think the OP was looking for a different way to solve the problem and not strictly app recommendation, however the investor seems to be looking for an application.


In this case how can off-topic (or low quality posts) be handled when they carry an active bounty, AFAICT, under normally circumstances, such posts are put on hold to allow OP to revise the posts (and then re-open or closed)?


  [1]: https://android.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic
  [2]: https://android.stackexchange.com/posts/181721/revisions
  [3]: https://android.stackexchange.com/q/179860/209414