I remember CommonTator. He was good.
I’ll also throw out Dr. Frank Fan, who could fisk an article like no other, and Stultis from years ago who was a zingy poster.
Our Kaslin does yeoman work posting articles that seed the discussion around here. There are many others who do a great job posting articles.
Talking about historical knowledge gained, here’s a real life example...
I made a ton of money on the 2016 election from what I learned here. In 2000, early exit poll numbers were leaked from Florida on election day. Articles were posted and savvy Florida freepers said they were doing that to depress the Panhandle after work voters, which leaned heavily Republican, and where the polls closed 1 hour later due to the timezone difference. So I expected that same stunt in 2016 but also knew Florida was a lock for us, due to the postings by our resident Trump campaign insider. You lose Florida and you lose the election. So on election day in 2016, the same stunt was pulled and Trump’s shares on PredictIt started plummeting. I didn’t panic but loaded up the truck, buying a lot of shares at 5+6 cents. And it was absolutely glorious that evening as the results started coming in and those shares climbed and climbed in value. 20-1 payout.
I think I remember him too.