Okay, I swear I almost have it. Where does the stock number come from? Does it regularly pull a number instead of counting, is that the difference? I think what you're saying is, instead of it checking live, it has a total number taken every so often. Yes?

Edit: Okay I get it, except for where my initial count comes from. I guess it starts at 0?

• First way, constantly checking the number of comments and just goes off of that.
• Second way, stores the number 0 at first and then only updates when a comment is added or removed.

Am I ready for my certificate yet? Yikes. Thanks for going slow, lol.