How to View Most Recent Posts? Forums essentially read only for me

My posts are disappearing into nowhere.  I guess I may have been regulated to read only access.  Which may be best.  

All data from my previous account has vanished.  Post history, pms, etc.  So I created a new account in order to be able to post.  Is anyone else having such issues?  Also, how do I change view from "highly active posts"?  Or is the "highly active posts" only a link to that view?  

Please move post to most appropriate forum, as I was having trouble finding a forum for 'help with the new forum software that I don't know how to use apparently."

Thank you.