Absolutely. I'm not saying that I think that the title here is good. Just that I understand why it ended up as the title.
> I don't know how this "discouragement" is phrased,
You can find the guidelines here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
To quote the relevant part:
> Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.
That's it.
> (which I don't have a grasp of, even after following the cryptic link)
I described it over here, if you're still curious: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35820670