[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Heard from the host:

We're actually working on this right now; it appears an account (not yours), has been running an IRC bot without permission, which slowed things down.

As soon as they isolate the source and shut it down, expect things to return to normal. In the meantime, even if you think a post you're making has stalled, just let it sit rather than do the back-button thing... it'll go through.

I HATE these spammer guys.