Load winch with thumbs towards or thumbs away from winch? Does it matter?

Regarding photos of loading the winch with thumbs pointing towards the winch: I was always taught to load it with thumbs pointing towards myself to prevent them from getting sucked into the winch should you take a gust or a bump (rope pulled into the winch is more likely to be pulled out of your hand before your had gets sucked in if your pinky is facing the winch). Someone once told me "Who's thumbs do I love? Mine Mine Mine" with thumbs pointing back at yourself. After a look around the web maybe it's not so big a deal as I've been led to believe since I can only find one place where it's mentioned specifically: https://www.ltdsailing.com/caribbean-sailing-school/asa-101-proper-winch-technique-with-ltd-caribbean-sailing-school/