My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - If you were with it from the start or joined at some point later on(beginning of this year for me)this was most likely the first image you saw when you decided to watch

i am still not sure how she was able to read that book
most of it is just pictures

this was, indeed, the very first piece of pony content i ever saw.
i wasn't one of those people who hated on the show for months, then tried it out and loved it.
nope, i was just some random forum goer in a little corner of the internet during June 2011, in a small but peaceful forum community untouched by the Ponies.
then, i saw some guy post with a signature that said "where my bronies at?!". needless to say, something about those words caught my eye, so i sent him a PM.
he responded not with an explanation, but a link. a link to the first episode.
i was nervous, i mostly thought he sent an incorrect link on accident, but the opening story kept me watching against my will (i'm a slave to lore in shows and games). after a few episodes, i was hooked, and from there i saw the entire first season in a manner of days.
the rest is pretty much history.