This is, in fact, another pet peeve of mine. Why do people not want to tell you the nature of their posts in their subject title? Isn't that the point of the subject title? Why the mystery? It's just a waste of time and bandwidth as people look at your thread only to discover that a bunch of people are talking about something they're totally not interested in...
I'm not sure what you're getting at with the whole "system parses URLs for you" bit. Either you used the java app, which prompted you for the "actual words" or you typed it in yourself. Either way, you always have an opportunity to give the thread title...
Not only would it be polite for moderators to include the thread title, regardless of it's relevance, but not everyone who posts thread links are moderators. The example I posted was a link to a thread where a non-moderator made such a post...
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