I care for it because it makes it easier for people to know who to turn to. And less a headache when one side wants an FR5 on something while the other side does not. FR5's that affect NPC factions should be handled by a single entity in my humble opinion. If multiple groups exist under that entity, use the KSP/KNF example. It makes the factions more visible rather then fragmenting things even further to the point where factions consist of 2 people being on for an hour a day.
As for who deserves to tell who's official or not: That would be the admins, as they give out this status.
Wide awake in a world that sleeps, enduring thoughts, enduring scenes. The knowledge of what is yet to come.
From a time when all seems lost, from a dead man to a world, without restraint, unafraid and free.
Mostly retired Discovery member. May still visit from time to time.