You know, that's pretty much exactly what I envisioned as well. Probably isn't far from the truth as to what is going on. Computers can only do 1 thing at a time, they just do it REALLY fast so it seems like they multi task. If you get enough people all posting at once there is a good chance that there will be some queuing of the data as it posts them one at a time.Apparently "the System," whoever or whatever that may be, knows the post is there, but just has not yet gotten around to actually posting it. I imagine a harried telephone operator from years of yore mumbling, "Keep your shirt on, I'll get to you in a minute!" as she plugs and unplugs wires in an octopus-looking tangle of wires.