Oh man, Dylan you opened a can of worms now
Just kidding (i think) for some reason people seem to be pretty passionate on both sides (i don't know why)
IMHO and only my opinion I believe it doesn't really make a difference in terms of yeild, its seems to be a matter of a bunch of small buds as opposed to fewer larger buds, and lets face it the big ol juicy buds always seem more desirable. Just my .02