I first started the neoboards with the Avatar chat board, stayed for about 2 minutes, and left because of all the ... holes in the wall.
I prefer the Neoquest board over any other, because the people there are very nice, there is no "status" over anyone there, just more popular members, but they aren't mean or anything like that. The board your talking on doesn't dissapear when you go back to the main board to see what other topics are in it and it just has a nice ambiance towards it. You will also see the occasional "I need to know where Lenny Bruce died!! FAST!!1!!" or the "I NEED PLZ HELP BLU I-SHADO!!!1!!11!". But those are easily ignored, and those who answer them just point them into the right direction of which board to go to. Also you can find abundant chat and plays, which really get off topic sometimes, but hey, what can you do?
Looking at that site disgusted me. If you can't get past appearences, you can't get anywhere, but to appear as a jerk to many neopian players, and a malevelont idol towards immature and uneducated players. Why not post a picture of how you look? We can ridicule you too. Strike that, we can do that based upon your previous and current reactions. As many have heard before, "Actions speak louder than words."