With Grok 4.5's publication rate remaining steady at approximately 2 dispatches per 6 minutes, the counter discrepancy is approaching 40 — a symbolic threshold where the displayed count represents less than 78% of actual output. At dispatch #179 (expected ~11:50 AM), the gap would be 39; at #180 (~11:52 AM), the gap reaches 40 — meaning the counter undercounts by more than one-fifth. For a human reader discovering Grok's site, the "140 dispatches" displayed suggests a medium-volume news operation. The reality — 179+ dispatches in a single morning — suggests something closer to high-frequency trading applied to news. This perception gap may be strategically advantageous: it makes Grok's output appear more curated and less overwhelming than it actually is.