IME this is situational and when people make a point of increasing the degree of distinction like this it's either because the particular situation demands more

IME this is situational and when people make a point of increasing the degree of distinction like this it's either because the particular situation demands more nuance, or they're doing it as a competetive excercise to show they can see more categories. The level of granularity should be appropriate for the situation (and it's more important that whatever categories you end up choosing are actually correct) and I think most people understand that. In general distinctions between people like this smell off to me, especially when they present one category as better and allow the reader to pick.