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I dunno why they wouldn't display both. Also cynical me thinks this is a more useful change for advertisers than users.
That said this would probably be useful for post ranking on the back end, if they're not already using it. There's always been a noticeable thing on reddit where posts on large subs with little activity don't seem to bubble up much on /r/popular. Which makes those subs seem even deader because they don't get new blood.
They don't want to show both because that would show readers exactly when a couple thousand new accounts all start talking about one polarising topic to get everyone agreeing.
That likely happens yes
If I've learned anything about the corporate world is that they only want metrics that confirm the views they hold or want to push. I think you have a point though. These are metrics that they can reference when trying to get advertising money. If I was an advertiser I'd care more about how many are not bots though.