Why won't my questions show up?

Why do some of my questions take up to thirty minutes to show up on the open questions menu?

• By the time their posted they are so far down the list no-one ever sees them. I've actually watched it happen. They're not there, then 30 minutes later they show up in the list on page 29, or something, in the open questions menu. And sometimes they will only show up in the specific category list. Is this common? Should I be charged for the points if everyone is not able to see my question?

• Answer:

  Did your other questions have links in them? If so, that can cause the delay while they are reviewed, thus causing questions to be far down the list of open questions. Yes, you should be "charged" for the points. They're just points... it's not like you can do anything with them. One way around the link issue is to first submit your question without the link. Then use the questions' edit feature to add the link.