On the surface this seems like a great idea, but it's opening up a major can of worms for Fractal's support people, and to the forum and to those in the forum who want to help answer questions but don't want to keep answering the same questions again and again.
There's a balance between automation and manual processes. When we're talking about working with beta code and the associated responsibilities that go with working with it, automation of allowing immediate notification of beta is not good.
Beta isn't for the majority of users, nor should they have something that will throw open the gates to that world by a simple click, because too many people think they are cowboys and want to ride the range in search of the wild west, living on the wild and wooly edge, but, when there's a problem they don't know how to fend for themselves and dig into the documentation or triangulate the problem and figure out whether they did something wrong or was it in their machine or was it in the software. They immediately toss it to the forum as a bug, then find out after major backlash that it was their own fault, or their machine was misconfigured (again their own fault), or, yeah, it's a bug but they didn't provide any useful information to help debug or isolate the problem until a multitude of people pried the information out of them about what was REALLY wrong.
Instead, if anything, Fractal should announce a beta, and people can apply for it and be vetted. Eventually, in the veeeery final stages of testing, if Fractal wants to open it up, then they could announce it's a public beta, and the dog pile can begin.
Lest I sound like a curmudgeon, which I admit I am, I've been a developer, and alpha and beta tester for SO many years and for different companies that I'm glad I'm out of it. I've been on both sides of the fence and know who is and isn't a good candidate for helping test. We do NOT want to open that gate unless someone comes loudly and deliberately knocking. Opening the floodgate will distract from Fractal's main goal of delivering systems we enjoy, and we don't want that at all.
I'm not associated with Fractal, don't speak for them, but I do dearly love their style and ethic, and want to help them be focused on making the most kick-ass modeler in the world. We should all be protective of that.