Do not create a global statsd "previous instance"

[sparrc]

this basically reverts #887

at some point we might want to do some special handling of reloading
plugins and keeping their state intact, but that will need to be done at
a higher level, and in a way that is thread-safe for multiple input
plugins of the same type.

Unfortunately this is a rather large feature that will not have a quick
fix available for it.

fixes #1975
fixes #2102

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• CHANGELOG.md updated (we recommend not updating this until the PR has been approved by a maintainer)
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• README.md updated (if adding a new plugin)

[sparrc]

cc @kostasb