[dredmorbius]

This is a case where linking to the Internet Archive's copy of today's site would be more appropriate.

Future visitors will see the Verge homepage, but not the content on it right now.

https://web.archive.org/web/20211127163540/https://www.theve...

That said, HN doesn't accept editorialised headlines. A short blog post, or heck, even a Tweet, would be a more solid basis for a submission, and you'd get to choose your own appropriate and descriptive title. (Keep it under 80 characters to fit HN submissions.)

[samspenc]

Thanks I thought this was a Verge article and was surprised to find the link led to the home page and couldn't figure out what it was all about.

So if I'm understanding this right: OP actually posted a link to the Verge home page during Black Friday to showcase how "Affiliate marketing has destroyed tech journalism". But there was never an article on this topic?

Shouldn't it be titled "Show HN" or "Tell HN" then? Because the title and link were so confusing and I wouldn't have figured it out without this helpful comment.

[dredmorbius]

Yes, it could (and would better have been) a Show/Tell post. Probalby the latter.

As I suggested above, an external reference, probably with a screencap of the page itself, would have made for a far better submission.