# Terminology: topics vs threads

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/terminology-topics-vs-threads/63390
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [May 25, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/terminology-topics-vs-threads/63390 "2017-05-25T21:00:52Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/terminology-topics-vs-threads/63390/3 "2017-05-25T21:40:37Z")

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Thread is a technical computer geek term, also it implies threading. So worth avoiding for both of those reasons.

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