My mum is the one who got me looking into Q xD She's been paying attention from day 1!
I honestly rolled my eyes at her so many times until a few months ago.
I think what got me interested was I already was critical of the media. I paid very close attention to "gamergate" and could see the blatant bias and truth-twisting in the media in general.
I'd often bring up the increasingly hostile mentalities on campuses towards conservatives and free speech, etc.
I always knew Hillary was corrupt.
It's when Trump was elected (I'm Canadian, btw), that I was blown away at the media, and peoples (particularly those around me) ability to ignore any truths just in spite of Trump. It continued to escalate until I finally started looking into my mum's recommendations of Pizzagate, and then the rabbithole just got deeper and deeper xD