dang's been doing this for a few years now (<https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20stub%20offtopicness&sort=byPopularity&ty

dang's been doing this for a few years now (<https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20stub%20offtopicness&sort=byPopularity&type=comment 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).