My posts aren't showing up and I need help

Just want to concur that as a new user, my posts are invisible once I leave the thread for about 48hrs until they are published. 
I understand the need for checks, however 

a. Why don’t unpublished posts remain visible to the author with a pending status so that they can be sure it has submitted successfully and make further edits if required. 
b. Surely this is an area that can be sped up with Automation to check posts in the first instance & approve for publishing of no triggers are met and just posts it can’t be sure about go for human review?

On Microsoft Community, new posts often go into automatic moderation, especially when:

• your account is new
• the post contains links
• the post was edited quickly after posting
• the system flags something as potential spam
• you posted multiple times in a short period

When this happens:

You can see the post, but other users cannot, or

The post may disappear temporarily while being checked

Sometimes the system soft-deletes the post until a moderator reviews it

Check your Microsoft Community profile → My Subscriptions & My Threads

If they still don’t show there after a few hours, the system likely flagged them

Try posting without links, or with simpler formatting

Avoid posting the same question multiple times (that increases spam flags)

If the issue continues, you can contact:
Microsoft Community Moderator Team via the “Report a concern” link on your profile page.

How to remove or hide the share links on the side

There is no built-in Microsoft Community setting to remove or hide them.

But you can still fix it:

Use “Reader Mode”

Chrome, Edge, Firefox all have a Reader View:

In Edge: click the book icon (or press F9)

In Firefox: click the page icon

In Chrome: enable Reader Mode at chrome://flags

This removes the floating share bar entirely.

I hope this helped, and that you’ll stick with the forum a little longer. Beneath the quirks, we’re actually quite helpful 🙂.