<human>: Hey Reddit! To put my question briefly, when someone asks a question in a post, what is the best way to try to encourage redditors to make sure to upvote someone who has the same suggestion instead of replicating the suggestion in another unaggregated comment?

This is an implicit guideline and combination of the rules of Reddiquette (as it is the core principle that underlies the value of aggregated commentary/input), and I'm sure it's an explicit rule for several subreddits, but I've been seeing plenty of examples of people adding their own two cents in their own comments rather than upvoting. This just diminishes the organizational power of upvoting and the hierarchical layout for viewing the "value" of a given suggestion.  Three different comments with the same content each with only 2-3 upvotes should have the persuasive power of one comment with 6-9 upvotes.

Of course, there are plenty of reasons people do this. Maybe there are a lot of new redditors unfamiliar with reddiquette, maybe people aren't doing a great job of searching for previous versions of their comment, or maybe people may want to put a different spin on their suggestion/answer than the previous poster. But I'd encourage those people to try to upvote the original if for no other reason than to better aggregate the response. You can always include your spin in a reply.

Can you summarize the given text in a few sentences?
<bot>: Reddit is an awesome tool for aggregation if we use it the way it's engineered to be used and not as a place to read what we type. Stay classy, Reddit!