Castleville Legends Sold Out ships are not a bug

Hail Kings and Queens of Castleville Legends! It seems that there have been recent news regarding the latest update to our games. As you may have already experienced or even read in my latest entry, Zynga's Goofed Again; players have been facing quite a few issues with the game. 

One of the biggest is that the Sea Trading port now shows all of your friends and alliance members ships whether they are new or all sold out. See the picture below to get an idea of what I mean:

Annoying as heck to see all the sold out ships

Now, here is the thing - it's supposedly intentional. It's not a bug according to Zynga representatives!

Letter from Zynga Representative:
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Greetings Legendary!  Here are the newest changes after the recent update:

Players will now see all of their friends and alliance members ships that are out to Sea where before they were only seeing a few members. 

Some players therefore may see more "Sold Out" signs than before. This is not an error, just an added content.

For other issues and assistance on your gameplay concerns, please tap on the "gear" icon on the upper right portion of your game and select the Help section. You can also access our Help Center on the link provided below: https://support.zynga.com/article/castleville-legends/CastleVille-Legends-Help-Center-en_US-1376301198770 We appreciate you conquering places of legends with us here at Zynga.

Respectfully yours,
Turnnilyn
Zynga Player Advocate
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What are the Benefits if any:
As you can tell from the bolded text this is a feature not a bug. If that is the case then I have to wonder what exactly do the players benefit from seeing a literal boatload of ships that are 98% of the time all sold out? What do you think is it a good content feature or perhaps a mishap on their part?

Thanks for reading.
Happy playing,
-Masaya