zeusabe
06-16-2012, 09:18 PM
"The expression 'pay it forward' is used to describe the concept of asking that a good deed be repaid by having it done for others instead...More specifically, the creditor offers the debtor the option of 'paying' the debt forward by lending it to a third person instead of paying it back to the original creditor. Debt and payments can be monetary or by good deeds. In sociology, this concept is called 'generalized reciprocity' or 'generalized exchange" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_it_forward
For Example: A helps B, B pays A by helping C, C pays B by helping D, D pays C by paying E, and so on so forth. You should not know the person you are directly helping. Your goal is for someone you don't know pays you forward, now wouldn't that be amazing? This is a very idealistic social experiment, all it takes is one selfish, lazy, passive, apathetic person to stop the chain from finding you again.
The question is: Do you think this can EVER work in pocket legends or NEVER work, I'm talking about the entire lifetime of Pocket Legends up to level 100. Do you think Pocket Legends community has what it takes to complete a pay-it-forward-loop (the scheme doesn't require entire population to pay-it-forward, as long as some random person pays it forward to you - the original creditor - that's considered one loop).
I've started a pay-it-forward sometime last year, some random person paid it forward to my friend, after my friend paid it forward to someone else, I lost track of it...and I haven't heard of it...maybe someone broke the chain. Question remains, can it ever be done or never in pocket legends community? Share your thoughts.
For Example: A helps B, B pays A by helping C, C pays B by helping D, D pays C by paying E, and so on so forth. You should not know the person you are directly helping. Your goal is for someone you don't know pays you forward, now wouldn't that be amazing? This is a very idealistic social experiment, all it takes is one selfish, lazy, passive, apathetic person to stop the chain from finding you again.
The question is: Do you think this can EVER work in pocket legends or NEVER work, I'm talking about the entire lifetime of Pocket Legends up to level 100. Do you think Pocket Legends community has what it takes to complete a pay-it-forward-loop (the scheme doesn't require entire population to pay-it-forward, as long as some random person pays it forward to you - the original creditor - that's considered one loop).
I've started a pay-it-forward sometime last year, some random person paid it forward to my friend, after my friend paid it forward to someone else, I lost track of it...and I haven't heard of it...maybe someone broke the chain. Question remains, can it ever be done or never in pocket legends community? Share your thoughts.