diff --git a/lib/components/farcaster-data-handler.react.js b/lib/components/farcaster-data-handler.react.js
--- a/lib/components/farcaster-data-handler.react.js
+++ b/lib/components/farcaster-data-handler.react.js
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
   const hasUserCookie = !!(cookie && cookie.startsWith('user='));
   const loggedIn = hasCurrentUserInfo && hasUserCookie;
 
+  const currentUserID = useSelector(
+    state => state.currentUserInfo && state.currentUserInfo.id,
+  );
+
   const neynarClient = React.useContext(NeynarClientContext)?.client;
 
   const identityServiceClient = React.useContext(IdentityClientContext);
@@ -37,10 +41,10 @@
     serverUpdateRelationships,
   );
   const createThreadsAndRobotextForFarcasterMutuals = React.useCallback(
-    (userIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>) =>
+    (userIDsToFID: { +[userID: string]: string }) =>
       updateRelationships({
         action: relationshipActions.FARCASTER_MUTUAL,
-        userIDs,
+        userIDsToFID,
       }),
     [updateRelationships],
   );
@@ -61,7 +65,14 @@
     }
     prevCanQueryRef.current = canQuery;
 
-    if (!loggedIn || !isActive || !fid || !neynarClient || !getFarcasterUsers) {
+    if (
+      !loggedIn ||
+      !isActive ||
+      !fid ||
+      !neynarClient ||
+      !getFarcasterUsers ||
+      !currentUserID
+    ) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -70,16 +81,32 @@
 
       const commFCUsers = await getFarcasterUsers(followerFIDs);
 
-      const commUserIDs = commFCUsers.map(({ userID }) => userID);
+      const newCommUsers = commFCUsers.filter(
+        ({ userID }) => !userInfos[userID],
+      );
 
-      const newCommUserIDs = commUserIDs.filter(userID => !userInfos[userID]);
-      if (newCommUserIDs.length === 0) {
+      if (newCommUsers.length === 0) {
         return;
       }
 
+      const userIDsToFID: { +[userID: string]: string } = newCommUsers.reduce(
+        (acc: { [userID: string]: string }, { userID, farcasterID }) => {
+          acc[userID] = farcasterID;
+          return acc;
+        },
+        {},
+      );
+
+      const userIDsToFIDIncludingCurrentUser: { +[userID: string]: string } = {
+        ...userIDsToFID,
+        [(currentUserID: string)]: fid,
+      };
+
       void dispatchActionPromise(
         updateRelationshipsActionTypes,
-        createThreadsAndRobotextForFarcasterMutuals(newCommUserIDs),
+        createThreadsAndRobotextForFarcasterMutuals(
+          userIDsToFIDIncludingCurrentUser,
+        ),
       );
     })();
   }, [
@@ -91,6 +118,7 @@
     userInfos,
     dispatchActionPromise,
     createThreadsAndRobotextForFarcasterMutuals,
+    currentUserID,
   ]);
 
   return null;