[billy_p]

Hi there!

I've got a quick question - if you believe in/subscribe to FET, what do you prefer to be called, generally speaking? I see plenty of sources using the term 'flat earthers' but is this how most of you would describe yourselves or do you use a different term?

Just wanting to make sure I don't put my foot in it. You never know...

Thanks in advance!

[Boodysaspie]

I think this is a great opportunity to tidy up the names.

"Flat Earth" is quite vague - it could be flat and square, for example.

Similarly, "Round Earth" can also be Flat Earth, if the Earth is a disc.

I appreciate the difficulty describing a flat map of the earth which agrees with cosmological, navigational and astronomical evidence, but in the absence of such a map the best the "Ballies" have to work with is the "Flatties'" own logo.

"Globers" and "Discers"? C'mon guys, you can think of something funnier than that

[Pete Svarrior]

I've got a quick question - if you believe in/subscribe to FET, what do you prefer to be called, generally speaking? I see plenty of sources using the term 'flat earthers' but is this how most of you would describe yourselves or do you use a different term?

Just wanting to make sure I don't put my foot in it. You never know...

Flat Earthers (or FE'ers for short) is the most commonly-used term. I know one person who insists on calling himself a "flatist" instead, but I haven't heard that term in any wider use.

I think this is a great opportunity to tidy up the names.

"Flat Earth" is quite vague - it could be flat and square, for example.

Similarly, "Round Earth" can also be Flat Earth, if the Earth is a disc.

No, this is a horrible, horrible idea. Everyone knows what is meant by a flat Earth and a round Earth. There will always be a few people trying to be smart-asses about it. Those will never be appeased, and changing an established consensus in attempts to do so would be a waste of everyone's time.

https://xkcd.com/1318/

[Antithecystem]

I think this is a great opportunity to tidy up the names.

"Flat Earth" is quite vague - it could be flat and square, for example.

Similarly, "Round Earth" can also be Flat Earth, if the Earth is a disc.

I appreciate the difficulty describing a flat map of the earth which agrees with cosmological, navigational and astronomical evidence, but in the absence of such a map the best the "Ballies" have to work with is the "Flatties'" own logo.

"Globers" and "Discers"? C'mon guys, you can think of something funnier than that

Some other alternatives:

Round Earthers: Spherists.

Flat Earthers: Okay Diskers if they believe in a disk earth, but Plainers if they believe in an infinite earth, and Domers if they believe in a domed earth.