Something did happen.
When I first joined, I thought it'd be great. It seemed great too, the people were generally nice, despite a few who were mean to me when I met them.
Over time, I find more and more people who may be in this fandom, but are just completely rude and puts off anyone who isn't "Good enough" for them. I may meet someone, only to have them curse me out, insult me, then never talk to me again, because I inboxed them "Hi". And these are your popular, "Always happy to meet new people and really nice" Bronies. Then, I remember literally stating my opinion, but people begun to flame it and Mods began to delete them, or they were ignored, even though they respected "All" opinions. If that wasn't enough, Bronies I didn't even know or ever talked to get angry at me and call me a lazy attention whore for asking for drawings of my OC, and all of it makes me want to leave the fandom, and according to the majority, "Nobody gives a buck if you did leave and killed yourself."