A couple of weeks ago, the legendary Tyche “Statto” Shepherd reported that the grid had shrunk by seventy two regions, although more concerning was that the grid had lost seventy four private regions, two Linden owned new regions had saved the day!
This was picked up as a sign that Linden Lab needed to do something, losing seventy two regions isn’t good. However if you follow Tyche’s stats (and they are awesome) then you’ll see that this has been a trend in recent months, with private regions being shed from the grid, but there are also weeks when private regions increase, so it’s not all doom and gloom.