By now im sure people have realized that some people have similar ideas while usually also having distinct differences in approaches.
Nearly every person is looking to grow and hoping to have more followers with far fewer people interested in being followers (at least in my experience).
I feel there is an instinct that this puts people in opposition as both groups see each other as competition in gaining new recruits.
And then as the path goes a hope to absorb or assimilate whichever group is smaller. Often smaller group doesnt want to have people having authority over there ideas and so holds onto what they've made with a website under construction for eternity.
But this doesnt need to be so.
In my opinion ideally what would happen is the groups would work together on what similar goals they have. This way each can fight for their goal yet remain unique and likely the unique differences in participants give the idea some diversity and room to evolve.
Another way to look it is;
Over your life you might work multiple jobs over time and make different friends at each one. Do your friends have the same culture at each job? Likely not. But they all support you in someway and you supoort them in some way.
And the same system can exist with alliances of groups and those that are similar are possibly more of a boon than a bane.
I believe that working cooperatively always works out better than working competitively. And the idea you care about is your purpose and so that comes before emotions and popularity.
This probably didnt come out as clearly as i hoped but still feel not bad for people to skim the concept.
It is a good idea to know what you stand for and against and rather than attacking an individual or group attack that element.
Eg. Rather than "i hate thieves", "i hate when people thieve".
The first would imply i hate that a thief when he eats cake, i hate them when they are poor and cant feed their children.
Just posting this because i want as many ideas to succeed as possible. And occasionally is some degeneration when people are idle so long.
Asking why is more important than what, when, where.