moderators?

SUPER weird question but I just got rpcs3 and joined the forums but when I posted in support it said that the moderators had to approve my post first, this was around 40 minutes ago and does anyone know on average how long it takes for threads to be cleared?

Threads are approved when I come online, there's no set time for that

You should have read the forum rules while waiting though, because you managed to break the first rule right off the bat

Also, even if you were using a non-pirated copy, you cannot create new threads regarding games which have their threads locked though, the thread of that game specifies why it is locked.
I advise you ask for support in our Discord Server once you acquire and dump a copy of the game you were trying to play.