# Most "prominent" SD-user ever disclosed? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 6, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581 "2022-03-06T21:02:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/21 "2022-03-07T12:04:24Z")
I’m the most “prominent” SD poster as I’m the REAL voice of Milli Vanilli. 🤐 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/22 "2022-03-07T12:22:28Z")
Could we discuss what makes somebody ‘prominent’? Is it fame? Talent? Achievement? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/23 "2022-03-07T14:13:37Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Could we discuss what makes somebody ‘prominent’? Since I don’t read People or People-like magazines that discuss celebrities, I would say the definition of prominent in this case is…if I have heard of them. 🙂 Everyone mentioned so far, with the exception of actor Jim Beaver, is “prominent.” ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/24 "2022-03-07T14:41:01Z")
If we’re counting one-offs, which we seem to be, Hugo & Nebula award winning author John Varley posted in a thread about of one of his books. I’m sure it was him - I emailed him from his website asking him the question that was raised in the thread, including a link to the thread - he emailed me back with the answer, then created an account and posted the same answer in the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/25 "2022-03-07T15:21:24Z")
Ian Rowland has posted here, but I forget his exact handle. He is prominent in magician’s circles, wrote the book The Full Facts of Cold Reading. [https://www.amazon.com/Full-Facts-Book-Cold-Reading/dp/0955847605#:~:text=A%20comprehensive%20guide%20to%20the,known%20them%20all%20your%20life](https://www.amazon.com/Full-Facts-Book-Cold-Reading/dp/0955847605#:~:text=A%20comprehensive%20guide%20to%20the,known%20them%20all%20your%20life)’. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/26 "2022-03-07T15:36:25Z")
**ianzin** , right? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/27 "2022-03-07T15:39:28Z")
I’m surprised no one has mentioned that skateboard dude, Tony Hawk. He pops up just about everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/28 "2022-03-07T15:40:17Z")
Cory Thomas, the author of the comic strip “Watch Your Head” posted in the “Get Fuzzy” thread in Cafe Society just last week. He might not be Neil deGrasse Tyson prominent, but I imagine most comic strip fans know of him. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/29 "2022-03-07T15:47:55Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Not to disparage anyone, but how do we know that these claims are true? The person who said he was Neil DeGrasse Tyson decided to prove it by saying the exact time his next tweet would happen. And it was as he said. I’m convinced. ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/30 "2022-03-07T15:47:57Z")
Destin Sandlin (of Smarter Every Day) mentioned the SDMB in his “No Dumb Questions” podcast sometime last summer I think. It sounded like he had once been active in more than a drive-by capacity. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/31 "2022-03-07T15:48:05Z")
I have always suspected we may have prominent posters here posting under different names. Is their any evidence of this? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/32 "2022-03-07T15:49:07Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > I have always suspected we may have prominent posters here posting under different names. Is their any evidence of this I’m Batman. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/33 "2022-03-07T16:38:26Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > If we’re counting one-offs, which we seem to be, Hugo & Nebula award winning author John Varley posted in a thread about of one of his books. S.M. Stirling has also posted here a few times in response to his books being mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/34 "2022-03-07T16:44:33Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > I’m Batman. I’m Spartacus… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/35 "2022-03-07T19:47:16Z")
I’m hungry. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/36 "2022-03-07T19:54:00Z")
Hi Hungry. Nice to meetchya. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/37 "2022-03-07T20:12:49Z")
I’m Incognito. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/38 "2022-03-07T20:15:39Z")
I’m Agador Spartacus! ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/39 "2022-03-07T20:19:20Z")
I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/40 "2022-03-07T20:54:24Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I believe that was @aha Based on biographical info disclosed in the [Ask the aging rock star](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-aging-rock-star/23239) thread, I believe aha was [Mike Rabon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Rabon), who died last month, aged 78. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581.md?page=3)