Let me see... I think the first contact I've ever had with MLP was a Youtube Poop. I just said okay and put it aside. A few days later, I wanted to find that video again. Searching through the internet, I found loads of pony stuff until I reached that YTP again. And then I got curious about the original episode. I went exploring a little bit further, and then I found myself watching the first episode.
I don't have bias. What everyone on the internet thinks it's "fake and gay" I go all "This is something new. What's it about?" That is exactly what happened to MLP to me. The first episode woke up my curiosity, and then I kept on watching. A few days later, I was waiting for a new episode. I think it was around the end of season 2.
Just after a veeeeery long time I got into the brony community for good. I visited EQD, looked for some nice songs, found out about Glaze, TheLivingTombstone, BronyDanceParty, etc... Then I found out about the top 10 pony vids. Then I found the analysis group (Digibrony, TheoryBrony, the orange one). It was on TheoryBrony's stream that I found about this forum. So here I am.
And to finish the story of my brony life, I shall end it with a ponified quote:
"It's a long way to the top if you wanna brony on"