There are various statistics about Second Life posted in various places on your web site, most notably on your Welcome Page and your log-in page for the new viewer, and I understand that there are other places as well.
As I see it, there is nothing wrong with those statistics.
As I see it, there is something wrong with how those statistics are labeled.
Some statistics are inherently meaningless. Some statistics are inherentlly meaningful. Some statistics are merely interesting. Even meaningful statistics, however, are useless if mislabeled.
Even meaninful, properly-labeled statistics, however, are useless if you don`t understand what is being reported.
Linden Lab, can you please post a page somewhere that explains your statistics, and post a link from the statistics to the explanation? Back-links from the explanations to the various places they can be found might be nice, too.
It would also be nice if you could also extend the range of automaticaly-generated statistics for those of us who find statistics interesting for various reasons. Please, though, make sure that they are properly labeled and explained!