I'm not a mod but I believe it's something all new members need to go through when first joining. I too went through this for a few weeks before it allowed me to post freely so it's something everyone has to just wait out. There's really nothing you can do about it, and it takes a long time I'd assume because the mods need to read through each individual post to ensure it's appropriate to be placed. It may take a while for a mod to check your friends post so they'll probably just need to be patient and wait until someone gets around to it. I guess it's all for the safety of the members to prevent trolling and other such innapropriate things which I'm certainly glad we have such great mods for! Let them know to hang in there and that I give them an early welcome!
