Posted by: Forever MS
What I'm talking about is more about people who go on threads just to post annoying, off-topic things, such as:
"inb4 lock and ban"
"So what are we discussing?"As everyone has pointed out, this is not forum copping. The user knows that the thread is spam, yet decides to bump it to the top of the forum anyway. This is often more annoying than the thread itself.
Real forum copping can be rather grating if a user's entire post history consists of pointing out rule violations. IMO, there are exceptions. Occasionally a naive user may post a leak, or something they shouldn't be posting for whatever reason. Users may reply and chime in with comments like: "You may want to remove that link, it may get you banned". To me, that's quite helpful to the user, it's helpful to us since we don't have to go editing posts etc.
But saying "This is in the wrong forum" etc. Unlike with the previous example, this isn't going to magically move the thread to the correct forum. In fact, it's just going to bump the thread and keep it around longer. So I would just say, Report and send a PM to the OP if you're really that bothered about it.
If you want to be a good member and a positive example to other users, etc. Just post. Just enjoy the forums. Try to have fun. The forums are here for users to communicate, share thoughts etc. Be an example of a positive contribution to the community, rather than bumping and lecturing the negative.
I don't think forum copping should be a bannable offence however. Not unless there's some widespread epidemic of it. The only issue with it is that it bumps off-topic threads. And not enough people forum-cop for this to be a major problem. If their goal is to show other users how great of a member they are, then they're only hurting themselves anyway.