At first, I wasn't too crazy about the Dev updates. I'd get excited seeing the bubble, just to see it was just another Dev message. Most of it had nothing to do with what I wanted or needed to know either. However, when the winter stuff was slow to start up or something around the site was gone or was acting funny, check out the Dev updates and sure enough, they were aware and were working on it. It's nice to have confirmation that the staff is not only aware of problems, but acknowledge they are working on it. So, while not every update is relevant to me, I'd deffinatly say its worth being a full time feature.