Beta Testing And Servers

[Arcangel]

As of late I have tried several mid ranged servers (15-35x) and noticed a newer trend in how they run. Beta testing. They  will not claim they are beta testing until you have been in for a couple of weeks trying to establish yourself. After a time, the Admin will claim server is in beta mode (probably because population not high enough for him) and shut server down for a couple days then reboot wiped. Possibly walking off with donations since in beta there shouldn't be a donation system yet but these ones seem to have them. Any one else encounter this lately?