Grr... What's up with that?

This is my first post to The fourms, ever.
I am a new player, two days old, and I am getting very fed up with all the downtimes, crashes, freezes, bugs and other various annoyances, would it be so incredibly impossible to set up an in-company Beta-test team to (thouroughly) test new features and fixes to make sure they don't make the game WORSE?
After reading around the fourms in this latest downtime (I am very dissapointed at the extreme lack of updates/detail, by the way) I have seen that residents aren't very happy.
Linden, Read your own forums, you'll have much more sucess, and don't start saying that you can't setup a beta team because of expenses, people are paying thousands for servers and then hundreds after for 'maintanance' which is actually only required every three months max, so you don't have an exuse for a lack of money.
Second life is a very innovative, entertaining game with many bugs and downtimes included for no extra cost, and it's gearing up to drive off new (and old) players.


Well, good luck with that.

Well, first, welcome to the forums and to Second Life. I'm really unhappy to hear about your sad experiences.

Updates get posted here:

Announcements & News

There's been a lot in the last couple weeks alone!

I want to let you know firsthand... I don't know how much you've read from forum history, but... this is nothing new, and we're certainly getting better. Got specific solutions and suggestion improvements?

As a Linden, I do read, and reply to the forums too. Please check out my posting history and my personal blog with lots of SL-related info @ http://torley.com I am very active with the community and I care oodles.

Thanks for the well-wishing. Let's make things better together.