Moving threads, Pros vs Cons

Question

Pros
It may be more convenient to the user (IF they can figure out they have a PM, and IF they can relocate the thread)
Cons
Jive thread movement BUGS and caching "issues"
Jive incorrectly implements thread moving: good forum software leaves a link in place of the former thread that redirects to the correct forum. This ensures that the user can find their original post, and also makes it clear and obvious to the user that they are switching forums (instead of being magically switched to another forum without even noticing).  Even better, it could be done so only the OP can see that shortcut link, if done correctly.  i.e. The Jive design team is being lead with the IT equivalent of Forrest Gump.
User confusion (not just of the OP, but of those who were attempting to assist them in the original forum)
It is more impolite and condescending to forcibly move their post, than simply directing them to the correct forum and asking them to copy and paste their post--OR asking them if they'd like the thread moved, before it is moved
In the off chance that a user finds someone who CAN help them in the wrong forum, it prevents them from continuing their interaction with that user
They aren't going to learn how to navigate to the correct forum if they're always moved to it
It wastes more time for moderators and will burn them out (theoretically), who should be doing worried about other issues, and should have a life
A simple and polite "here is the correct forum to ask your question" can be done by ANY helpful and knowledgeable user, not just mods
It obscures the fact that there is a website navigation learning curve problem for new users, by making it impossible to count the number of off topic posts placed here
Mods may not even know which forum to move a thread to, or could make a mistake and move it to the wrong forum
Notifying the user in this Jiveware is problematic because PMs are not very noticable even to forum "veterans", rendering that method of notifying users worthless
How many more @#$% reasons do we need to provide?
Obey the forum thought police.  Violators will be locked, deleted and banned.

Answer 1

My suggestion (copied from my original thread on Moving Threads):
Rick,
for my part, it's not the moving of the thread, it's the unintended consequences of moving the thread that prompted me to start this topic.  Moving the threads, without somehow informing the viewer that they are going to a different area of the forum causes confusion.  And for posting my concern about the confusion, many questionable things have been said about me, by folks who really have no idea who I am or how long I have been around.  Trust me, that was, to say the least, highly frustrating.
In thinking more about this, it might be better to leave the topic header, but in the ONLY REPLY to the message would a post stating the particular thread has been moved to the correct forum. ... please click the following link to continue with this topic.  Let me give an example:
Topic header:  Acrobat activation isn't working
OP:  I keep trying to activate Acrobat and it won't work.  What can I do?
FIRST REPLY:  This question has been posted in the Forum Comments area.  To assist the OP, we have moved the topic to the Acrobat Forum, where they are likely to get answers appropriate to their initial query.  Please use the following link to access this  topic:  insert-link-here.
moderator:  COPY the topic to the Acrobat Forum, but leave a read-only version of the original topic where it was originally posted (ie: Forum Comments) with a slight change to the topic header so as not to confuse the database (such as: Acrobat activation isn't working - thread moved).
Doing something along these lines would allow you to move threads, as needed, but reduce the confusion that DOES result.