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The word 'thread' has existed since long before computers.

• crimsonalucard 7y ago
  That's not the point. The point is programmers created this feature and decided name it the same thing they used to create it. A seamstress isn't going to call a piece of cloth a thread, when cloth is made up of threads.
  • untog 7y ago
    Why do you think the programmers decided on what the name is?
  • sbarre 7y ago
    A product marketing team named the app, not the programmers. Do you think Facebook is just a company made up of programmers?
    • crimsonalucard 7y ago
      No obviously not, but I would think they have influence on the name.
  • joemi 7y ago
    I'd be willing to bet big money that the programmers did not name this app. In a company the size of Facebook, that'd be a miracle.