I think I have an answer (in ma case anyway.) I've just posted in another thread and I clicked on "submit" but nothing happened so I clicked a couple more times and then it did. Now, I "think" ma banned total has increased but I can't see any exta banned posts. It may be the system recognises the duplicate answers, doesn't post them, they don't show in yir profile but they count toward the three in five minutes.
Then again, that may all be claptrap.....
If it's true but, can you not put a few more coins in the meter to speed it up so that the posts appear straight away?
I've never had this problem before so it seems like it's symptomatic of problems wi AB in general, rougue e-mails about old questions being answered, folk being asked to click on original registration e-mails etc.
Methinks the rubbber bands and the mouse need replacing...