Welcome to Chi People
Because of spammers all new members have their first
3 threads/posts moderated and they won't actually appear until they've been validated by a moderator. Just so you know there isn't anything wrong with the site or your computer

There's also a certain amount of time after your 5th post has been validated that the site needs to catch up so if you notice your 6th post doesn't appear right away that's why.
*This is not about validating posts just something newbies might find helpful

You can check your PMs (private messages) by clicking
Private Messages at the top right of the forum. It will be under
Welcome, (your username)