Possibly Stupid Question About Anonymous Posts

I was on ATS, clicked on the Anonymous Posting button to see what it did. I saw a list of a bunch of anonymous posts. I noticed that there is no "Reply" button, but you get a quote and new thread notice.

OK I don't quite get this. Could someone explain it to the old lady, here?

The anonymous posts don't hit the board until a member quotes and replies? Is this how it works?

Yeah, the posts only show up on that anon page unless a member uses the quote & create new thread option to create a non-anonymous post in the main board.

Great, thanks for confirming what I'd guessed.