I've been a lurker/user of the farms since around 2016. Barneyfag's dox being mentioned on /v/ was what brought me there. After that I stuck around for the post-election insanity.
Around the same time I watched Kizuna Ai/Kaguya Luna/Shiro on and off and kept an eye on the /jp/ vtuber thread. After google fansubs died I took a break from vtubers, but a friend introducing me to the new wave of Vtubers via funny clips from the Holos (Miko's GTA clip, Suisei having her family find out about her being a vtuber, Coco in general, etc.). It was Hana Macchia (moreso her dad than anything) that got me to watch a full stream for the first time. After that I saw HoloEN was debuting soon and well... lets just say finding the Kiwi vtuber thread from there was kind of a no-brainer? And so here I am now.