Wow! That is cool, the young woman that showed me this site was also my real life gf. I had met her one time and we had a lot of fun, just we had a big fight and all and stopped talking and broke up. She also plays runescape, so you reminded me of her.
As for sites, this was my first after being trolled on Gaia. I feel in love with it right away and made a lot of friends.
I use to be on Gaia, not for to long. I started when they were the only site you could go on. Around 2004, but by then it was already a site for trolling and such and I didn't care for it much. So I quit going on and just played online games and such, then 2010 I came here and joined a bunch of other sites. Crysandrea, Ernya, Solia, Roliana to name a few.
Well, the site is really easy to figure out, just look around at each tab and you should have an easy time finding stuff. If you need any help, I know Ruby will help you and so will I if she can't.