OK - So 'wrist slap' was a bit of a stretch... But I posted to the busy board knowing I'd hit an audience of hard-core Excel users, many of whom would also be smart phone users who would want the capability to use full-featured Excel models on a smart phone or tablet. I did figure my question would sink like a rock, but that it would get a 'search' hit on occasion, and eventually, someone would post an answer.
Most of our "power" users are savvy enough to check that forum, and do so regularly!
And like I said, we usually leave a temporary "shadow topic" or link in the forum it was originally posted to, and either way, it will show up in the "Zero Reply Posts" listing.
Where it really is advantageous to have it in the Dicussion forum, is let's say that you get a reply, but it really isn't all that helpful. Then the thread sinks fast. So after a few hours, it is pages back, and since it has a reply, it no longer shows up on the "Zero Reply Posts" listing. So unless you "bump" it, it probably sinks into oblivion. However, on the Discussions forum, it will stay on that front page and probably will get many more looks after that first reply than it would if it was in the Excel forum (especially since we are an International forum and many users might not log on until hours after the question received its first reply).
Now, I am not advocating that users post
all their Excel questions to the Discussions forum (some users try that because they say the Excel forums move so fast). It does need to meet the criteria of that forum. Yours did meet the criteria of a "discussion type" question. I don't know who originally moved it, but I agree with them that what they did enhances the chances of replies (they were trying to help you, not punish you).
Sometimes, questions just don't get answered (because their may not be a good answer, or very few people are knowledgeable about the specific issue). It happens to me. I don't post many questions anymore (I spend most of time answering and Moderating), but when I do, often times their isn't an answer, or at least not the answer that I was hoping for.