why can't i see a reply?

I made a post and from some views on the site I see there is a reply, but when I go to the post there is no reply to be seen. Is there some kind of delay or other reason I may not be seeing the reply? Thanks in advance for your assistance

It was most likely spam that got removed.

Sometimes the post didn't meet publishing standards and got removed.

Sometimes the post didn't meet publishing standards and was hidden while the author had a chance to edit it.

But  most of the time it was probably spam.

gotcha, thanks for the additional info. I suppose it was the second case in this.. case. The reply became fully visible to me about 35-40 minutes after the 'my posts' view said it had been posted. Thanks!