What was it like being a brony in 2011?

[Alex Z 848]

It was awesome because it was fresh and new. I treated the show as if it were the greatest show of all time. Glad I'm out of those fanboy days.

[FoaMi 23]

I only joined in 2012 but wow, was it the pinnacle of the fandom. There was GREAT music being put out every day, new animations almost every week, fanfics on top of fanfics due to the lack of information on the characters. You couldn't go to a single webpage without seeing a couple pony avatars or memes! Pretty much, the fandom was creating content left and right, and bronies LOVED it. Nowadays the fan content has been rather slow in production and there are more avatars and memes of idubbbztv than ponies, but the fandom is still going strong.

 

Personally, I found that tf2 and Gmod were full of bronies. There were like, at least 8 per server.

[Genepool 224]

A lot better than the current state.  Things were must more relaxed, less drama, and, for me, no Twicorn.  I'd say things peaked near the 2011/2012 state.  It's when the last part of 2012 rolled around and 2013 came into swing that things went down the toilet.