transfers by ignoring the realm
Blizzard doesn't care about being unfair to their customer base. They only care about how much money they euwowgold can milk out of them. They don't care about the remaining realms b/c it benefits them to do so. They will get more money from character transfers by ignoring the realm.
Im still waiting to see if they will connect a realm to dreadmaul. We are one of the lowest populated alliance realms in the entire game with approx. 200 total players left. At peak hour during prime time, there are rarely more than 10 alliance in the shrine.