“Flatmemers” are those who read the meme on flatview; i.e., unthreaded. Frequently they are meming from cellphones or other devices that make expanding comments unwieldy. Sometimes they're just trying to catch up on the last half-hour of meme.

Flatmeming can produce hilarious results. Here’s one example. Here’s another.

Other than occasional complaints from those on phones about links posted without explanatory text, flatmemers are generally chill. However, the rest of us must remain eternally vigilant, for some of them have traitorous ambitions…