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Why would I want to see a count of how many comments someone made?

There are many reasons, some of which might include:

• Quickly identifying a first-time commenter
• Quickly identifying unfamiliar commenters that have in fact commented before
• Quickly seeing how many total comments a particular commenter has made, and how many comments are pending
• Easily going to a listing of all comments by a commenter, in order to see what and when they last commented, or what/when they first commented

How does the plugin know about all of the comments someone made to the site?

Commenters are identified by the email address they provided when making a comment. If commenters are allowed to omit providing an email address, then their name is used to identify them (though this is potentially less accurate).

Why does it report someone as having less comments than I know they've actually made?

Since commenters are identified by the email address they provided when making a comment, if they supply an alternate email address for a comment, the plugin treats that email account as a separate person.