This is a good idea. Some sort of special handling for archive links might work too.

dang's been doing this for a few years now (<https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...>).

I'd stumbled across him doing it within the past year or so and noted on its appropriateness, effectiveness, genius, and simplicity at some point (either via email or in a comment I cannot presently find).

Huh, captivating concept. A catch-all comment to corall the chitchat.

I thought it might be something like the Emperor's New Wedding where the wedding ring was invisible and everyone is pretending to see it.

(coming to theatres soon!)

He thought he had clothes.

He didn't.

Now, his secret is exposed. And he is KNOT amused.

The Emperor's Tiny Ring

IMO they should have to reproduce it intentionally to get the “record.”

I'd be inclined to agree, now that I think about it. They discovered the knot, they did not intentionally tie it. When your headphones get knotted in your pockets, you don't say "I tied my headphones", you say "my headphones got tangled".

Damn, that's a really small wedding.

They invited Helium as well but you know it can be hard to get Helium to stick around anywhere.