Have you or someone else modified the home page view? Now it shows Inbox and stuff on the left. I haven't foundsuch widget while playing with the view yesterday, though. It shows moderation cases and it was showing +50 on my avatar and in the inbox about unread threads http://www.part.lt/img/27756641bab822ef0c6c8574e5aeba5e438.jpg
This layout is ok, but i don't like the expanded blog posts at the bottom. It will load this huge chunk of text and images every time you go to the forums. Will be especially slow on mobile. It is enough to just see a list of recent blog posts titles (small view of the widget).