diff --git a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
--- a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
@@ -959,11 +959,7 @@
     community: rawThreadInfo.community,
     members: getRelativeMemberInfos(rawThreadInfo, viewerID, userInfos),
     roles: rawThreadInfo.roles,
-    currentUser: getMinimallyEncodedCurrentUser(
-      rawThreadInfo,
-      viewerID,
-      userInfos,
-    ),
+    currentUser: getCurrentUser(rawThreadInfo, viewerID, userInfos),
     repliesCount: rawThreadInfo.repliesCount,
   };
 
@@ -994,7 +990,7 @@
   return threadInfo;
 }
 
-function getMinimallyEncodedCurrentUser(
+function getCurrentUser(
   threadInfo: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
   viewerID: ?string,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
@@ -1328,11 +1324,7 @@
 
       return {
         ...updatedThread,
-        currentUser: getMinimallyEncodedCurrentUser(
-          updatedThread,
-          viewerID,
-          userInfos,
-        ),
+        currentUser: getCurrentUser(updatedThread, viewerID, userInfos),
       };
     },
     [
@@ -1886,7 +1878,7 @@
   createPendingSidebar,
   pendingThreadType,
   createRealThreadFromPendingThread,
-  getMinimallyEncodedCurrentUser,
+  getCurrentUser,
   threadFrozenDueToBlock,
   threadFrozenDueToViewerBlock,
   rawThreadInfoFromServerThreadInfo,