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<blockquote data-quote="Barastrondo" data-source="post: 5598572" data-attributes="member: 3820">That's one half of why edition wars happen; the other is that, being human beings, we can't hold 100% to the standard of &quot;even if I don't like this, and I can't stay out of the discussion when people are discussing this, I will at least try not to put too much negativity into the conversation because that helps nothing.&quot; In fact, one can even intend to not be too negative and still come across as profoundly so, because it's not like there's a weights &amp; measures standard for Internet argument.The really sad thing about edition wars is how they are not just unwinnable, but counter-productive. The more choices there are on the table, the more likely it is that any given person actually prefers Choice B to Choice A and has tried both. Telling this person that you wish Choice B hadn't come along isn't going to make him any happier with Choice A, and in fact it is more likely to engender resentment of Choice A. As a result, edition wars tend to make it less likely that any given participant will be open-minded about trying the choice on the other side, when theoretically what the other side would want would be for him to be more likely to give it a shot. They're just terrible, really. It's understandable how they happen; you can even track it back. But they go right against the greatest strength of the hobby, which is the ability to share ideas and experiences with other people.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Barastrondo, post: 5598572, member: 3820"] That's one half of why edition wars happen; the other is that, being human beings, we can't hold 100% to the standard of "even if I don't like this, and I can't stay out of the discussion when people are discussing this, I will at least try not to put too much negativity into the conversation because that helps nothing." In fact, one can even intend to not be too negative and still come across as profoundly so, because it's not like there's a weights & measures standard for Internet argument. The really sad thing about edition wars is how they are not just unwinnable, but counter-productive. The more choices there are on the table, the more likely it is that any given person actually prefers Choice B to Choice A [I]and has tried both[/I]. Telling this person that you wish Choice B hadn't come along isn't going to make him any happier with Choice A, and in fact it is more likely to engender resentment of Choice A. As a result, edition wars tend to make it [I]less[/I] likely that any given participant will be open-minded about trying the choice on the other side, when theoretically what the other side would want would be for him to be [I]more[/I] likely to give it a shot. They're just terrible, really. It's understandable how they happen; you can even track it back. But they go right against the greatest strength of the hobby, which is the ability to share ideas and experiences with other people. [/QUOTE]

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