This isn't really a question, but I'm not exactly sure where to put it. I would like to request stack exchange linking rewards.

Everyday many of the same questions are asked. Users that are experienced will link to a Post where the question has already been answered. If the link is put in as a comment, the user gets no rewards for that. But if they answer it again, they are more likely to get rewards.

Consolidating common questions to well established answers would seem to be desirable, and should possibly be rewarded more than another new answer.

I'm not saying how this could be implemented, but I wanted to throw this idea out there as something to consider.