Was thinking about this a little bit. The purpose it could/would serve I dont know just yet.

But I was thinking it might be cool if say a member or team of members from the development staff of SE, were periodically given an ingame character - and say every few months or every six months, they would be allowed to randomly choose / seek permission from a linkshell by given a temporary linkpearl to join them on their daily adventures for a week or two weeks or something, Just being a fly on the wall, observing gaming habits etc... All the while being able to see how people are interacting within LS' and reacting to content, and see how easily or difficult they blow through the content. I think something like this might be a good tool to allow the developers to really see where and how people are spending their time. etc.