{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"yhtgrferd's status on Sunday, 30-Oct-11 13:44:23 UTC","author_name":"yhtgrferd","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/yhtgrferd","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/689504","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/4942\" class=\"url\" title=\"Michael\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">mergemm<\/span><\/a><\/span> Well, I can tell you that I came into the new show because I had been a fan of the 80s show when I was, oh, 8. :P  I'm sort of a brony-anomaly in that, but it's interesting to be in a fandom from the ground up like this.  Trust me, bronies are not alone.  Just go to Fandom bananas and see the 'subcultures' that have evolved around any show.  !<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/group\/352\/id\" class=\"url\" title=\"Ottawa Bronies (Nation's Capital!) (ottawabronies)\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">ottawabronies<\/span><\/a><\/span>."}