Yes.
And this really isn’t an effective way if they are trying to “fix” anything.
Even the connected servers currently listed as “Full” as a result of the realm connections in 2014 aren’t exactly striving, like, at all.
For example, Alterac Mountains / Balnazzar / Gorgonnash / The Forgotten Coast / Warsong, are connected servers shown as “Full”.
They only have 6 guilds dabbling into Mythic progression, and only one got as far as 11/12. The rest are all below 5/12, and no guild has CE atm.
This is because over the years several top guilds who could achieve CE moved onto populated servers for greener pastures.
People often talk in Trade Chat how dead things are on the server.
But no, because this server cluster is somehow listed as “Full” for whatever unknown reason, it’s probably on the very bottom of the list of the servers that are going to be “saved” or getting anything fixed.
I know that there are many, many players in this game who do not care about raiding, but server population is a crucial point when it comes to recruiting players who are interested in raiding.