Can you get shut out of answering a question on Askville once you start typing?
once you start answering a question, you are “in the queue”. If the answer box is clickable, then you will be one of the 5 who can answer a question. The questions disappear from the list when there are already 5 answers. You can even start an answer, stop, go read some more questions or check your email, and if you look in your Account page under questions you are working on, will find that unfinished question there that you can still work on. Askville does an autosave that is wonderful and has saved me numerous times from having to re-type an answer that I was interrupted in when my internet went out or something.
