Yup, I prefer flat to threaded mode. I tend to view the Board as one big conversation so following the timeline makes more sense to me.

Answering in threaded mode also makes the entire thread longer since a person makes a separate entry for each post, whereas in flat mode people tend to put all their answers in one post. Most people will respond to other people's posts the same or the next day so it is not hard to follow.

On rare occasions, we might have a stranger who replies to a post from several months before, but that is rare.