I came onboard cryptocurrncy through a friend who introduced me to this forum as where to start from and since then the journey began and am finding this it exciting.
It looks good because you already have friends before signing up who will be great for you to use to increase your knowledge of cryptocurrencies. Make him a useful mentor for you, but first welcome to the forum.
The atmosphere of this forum is not much different from the real world where you can interact with other people even though they are not people you know. This forum is a repository of knowledge about crypto and everything related to it and you need to learn if you want to increase your knowledge. Usually people find it relatively difficult to earn merit that serve to increase rank up, but not so with you because currently you have 4. So continue to enjoy your time on the forum and make this forum a fun place to be.