The site initially seemed quite scary to me - so much information that it was quite overwhelming. Then I found familiar things (manpages and the like) and the infinitely helpful Super Search. This was very helpful and it's easy to get engrossed while learning about a certain aspect of perl.
The community seems to be a lot like the one at everything2.com - friendly and helpful. Posting is a bit intimidating, though - I can't tell whether this is going to be helpful or not and I'm not too good a writer. But the best way to learn is by doing, right?
Jobby