Hi @Pitbullprovost, 

Thanks for your post and sorry for any confusion. Segment Explore will not show all segments. Explore will show a sampling of segments in the given area based on many different factors. Zoom in, zoom out, or enter a location and Strava will show the most popular segments in that area. Check out our help article here for more info.

Additionally, segment search also filters segments so newer or less popular segments may not appear in search results.

Ditto.  I created two segments but they don’t show up anywhere, including when I ride them.  The explanation given by the moderator seems to amount to what- you can make a segment but they basically won’t exist anywhere? 

If you view your activity on the Strava website there can be the buttons "Show x hidden efforts" and "Don't see the segment you're looking for?" under the segment list. Maybe your created segments show up there. And additionally they show up in the "My segments" section.