{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Michael (throwio)'s status on Sunday, 28-Aug-11 00:32:36 UTC","author_name":"Michael (throwio)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/throwio","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/444991","html":"Also, to go on a small rant here.  The term "Brony" should not be used, and is, for all intents and purposes, a misconception, do to the fact that a Brony would be more often then not, a MLP FiM fan that uses 4chan and uses the forum \/b\/ brony also is a label.  While the brony community has become big enough to be a sub-culture, does that give the term justification?  I was ranting on tf2 with a friend about this, this friend hated bronies, mostly for giving themselves said title and while I can side with him on us not giving eachother a title. I must also side with the idea that Brony is technically a sub culture, not a catagory like furry would be, and while I am a brony I must say that I doubt I should call myself one without justification, and again it depends, There are curretly at minimum 175,000 bronies in the world, is that a subculture?  If so then I have found justification, If not, I will need to look further."}