"Porting for donations"...a little selfish?

[Pan]

If you're not paying 1pp per level to the porter, you're likely not someone I'd have a lot of time for in-game or out. And I don't port for cash...just pay for my ports.

[Zeonick]

I honestly don't know about the whole 1pp per level thing. Now that i'm a bit higher level paying 44 plat for a quick port to BB seems kind of steep. Especially when they port, then gate back to ec and repeat. I spend more time buffing noobies for zero plat. In fact, 95% of people never donate for buffs of any kind. It's kind of weird that porters get to charge that much or that it is "expected"

So I guess i'll raise the question: Why is paying for ports generally accepted as mandatory but tipping for buffs is very very optional on the size of hardly ever?