Okay so, no idea if this is because of my retired status or anything, but on the sidebar I can see pending approval items such as this:

i can see that as well

 

It's there for me too.

It's like a ride along with cops, an opportunity for us to see the inside of moderators' job.

Guess it's just a glitch tho, I remember developers mentioning this earlier. 

This is a known issue and should be fixed soon. 

Sorry if I am late to this, but is that system implemented to reduce spam?

What, the modqueuing new members? In part, yes. It also helps deal with trolls, and with common newbie mistakes (like posting in old threads) without bothering everyone else.

What, the modqueuing new members? In part, yes. It also helps deal with trolls, and with common newbie mistakes (like posting in old threads) without bothering everyone else.

​What is present in the photo Francis posted.

​What is present in the photo Francis posted.

​Unapproved posts resemble deleted posts - they are supposed to be hidden. Moderators can, on a per-user basis, force all posts from an user to go unapproved before going live on the website. In the recent updates (I think), LCPDFR has introduced new-users moderation, which means that before reaching a set number of criteria, a user's posts will never show directly - a moderator needs to approve the post beforehand.

So guess what, this feature was always present! You were unaware of it because you are not under moderation, and you are not a moderator, meaning unapproved posts do not show to you.

My image shows something that we, members, should not see.

Hope this clears it out.

Should be fixed.