1. A method comprising: determining metadata for one or more data items based, at least in part, on one or more requests for a transmission or a reception of one or more data items at at least one device; causing, at least in part, a time delay in the transmission or the reception of the one or more data items based, at least in part, on the metadata for one or more data items; causing, at least in part, a presentation of contextual information for one or more data items at the at least one device; and determining to monitor during the time delay for one or more user inputs specifying at least one operation with respect to the transmission or the reception of the one or more data items.