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The whole thing was a publicity stunt. The chances of an alien civilization ever finding the Voyager probe are so close to zero as hardly matters.
I'm not criticizing it. Sometimes publicity stunts are important. It got people interested in the Voyager program and, hopefully, other space science programs as well.
So important, they did a whole lot of science on the way and captured (and still do nearly 50yrs later) people's imagination and sense of wonder.