I found Fluther a bit over three years ago; however, it was not a love-at-first-sight thing for me, but that is mainly more about me than about Fluther. I’m not much of a joiner, my only experience with Q&A sites was Yahoo Answers, and I admit that I have a tendency to join forums, get really gung-ho and use them daily for a while, and then just be bored one day and never go back.
So, I had, like, zero expectation for Fluther. I found it by Googling something and I signed up and answered a few questions. It was very gradual and I didn’t use Fluther that much for the first 6 months or so. As I kept using the site, I started noticing how nice and helpful and SMART everyone was and then Fluther stole my heart.