diff --git a/lib/actions/thread-actions.js b/lib/actions/thread-actions.js
--- a/lib/actions/thread-actions.js
+++ b/lib/actions/thread-actions.js
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
   success: 'NEW_THREAD_SUCCESS',
   failed: 'NEW_THREAD_FAILED',
 });
-const newThread =
+const newThinThread =
   (
     callKeyserverEndpoint: CallKeyserverEndpoint,
   ): ((input: ClientNewThreadRequest) => Promise<NewThreadResult>) =>
@@ -224,10 +224,10 @@
     };
   };
 
-function useNewThread(): (
+function useNewThinThread(): (
   input: ClientNewThreadRequest,
 ) => Promise<NewThreadResult> {
-  return useKeyserverCall(newThread);
+  return useKeyserverCall(newThinThread);
 }
 
 const joinThreadActionTypes = Object.freeze({
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
   changeThreadMemberRolesActionTypes,
   useChangeThreadMemberRoles,
   newThreadActionTypes,
-  useNewThread,
+  useNewThinThread,
   joinThreadActionTypes,
   useJoinThread,
   leaveThreadActionTypes,
diff --git a/native/chat/compose-subchannel.react.js b/native/chat/compose-subchannel.react.js
--- a/native/chat/compose-subchannel.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/compose-subchannel.react.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 import {
   newThreadActionTypes,
-  useNewThread,
+  useNewThinThread,
 } from 'lib/actions/thread-actions.js';
 import { useENSNames } from 'lib/hooks/ens-cache.js';
 import { threadInfoSelector } from 'lib/selectors/thread-selectors.js';
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 
   const { threadType, parentThreadInfo } = props.route.params;
   const userInfoInputIDs = userInfoInputArray.map(userInfo => userInfo.id);
-  const callNewThread = useNewThread();
+  const callNewThinThread = useNewThinThread();
   const calendarQuery = useCalendarQuery();
   const newChatThreadAction = React.useCallback(async () => {
     try {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
           assumedThreadType === 7,
         "Sidebars and communities can't be created from the thread composer",
       );
-      const result = await callNewThread({
+      const result = await callNewThinThread({
         type: assumedThreadType,
         parentThreadID: parentThreadInfo.id,
         initialMemberIDs: userInfoInputIDs,
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     userInfoInputIDs,
     calendarQuery,
     parentThreadInfo,
-    callNewThread,
+    callNewThinThread,
     onUnknownErrorAlertAcknowledged,
   ]);
 
diff --git a/native/community-creation/community-configuration.react.js b/native/community-creation/community-configuration.react.js
--- a/native/community-creation/community-configuration.react.js
+++ b/native/community-creation/community-configuration.react.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import { Text, View } from 'react-native';
 
 import {
-  useNewThread,
+  useNewThinThread,
   newThreadActionTypes,
 } from 'lib/actions/thread-actions.js';
 import { createLoadingStatusSelector } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors.js';
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
 
-  const callNewThread = useNewThread();
+  const callNewThinThread = useNewThinThread();
   const calendarQueryFunc = useCalendarQuery();
 
   const createNewCommunityLoadingStatus: LoadingStatus = useSelector(
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
   const callCreateNewCommunity = React.useCallback(async () => {
     const calendarQuery = calendarQueryFunc();
     try {
-      const newThreadResult: NewThreadResult = await callNewThread({
+      const newThreadResult: NewThreadResult = await callNewThinThread({
         name: pendingCommunityName,
         type: announcementSetting
           ? threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ANNOUNCEMENT_ROOT
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
   }, [
     announcementSetting,
     calendarQueryFunc,
-    callNewThread,
+    callNewThinThread,
     pendingCommunityName,
   ]);
 
diff --git a/native/input/input-state-container.react.js b/native/input/input-state-container.react.js
--- a/native/input/input-state-container.react.js
+++ b/native/input/input-state-container.react.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   useSendTextMessage,
 } from 'lib/actions/message-actions.js';
 import { queueReportsActionType } from 'lib/actions/report-actions.js';
-import { useNewThread } from 'lib/actions/thread-actions.js';
+import { useNewThinThread } from 'lib/actions/thread-actions.js';
 import {
   type BlobServiceUploadAction,
   type BlobServiceUploadResult,
@@ -1734,7 +1734,7 @@
     const callBlobServiceUpload = useBlobServiceUpload();
     const callSendMultimediaMessage = useSendMultimediaMessage();
     const callSendTextMessage = useSendTextMessage();
-    const callNewThinThread = useNewThread();
+    const callNewThinThread = useNewThinThread();
     const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
     const dispatch = useDispatch();
     const mediaReportsEnabled = useIsReportEnabled('mediaReports');
diff --git a/web/input/input-state-container.react.js b/web/input/input-state-container.react.js
--- a/web/input/input-state-container.react.js
+++ b/web/input/input-state-container.react.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   useSendTextMessage,
 } from 'lib/actions/message-actions.js';
 import { queueReportsActionType } from 'lib/actions/report-actions.js';
-import { useNewThread } from 'lib/actions/thread-actions.js';
+import { useNewThinThread } from 'lib/actions/thread-actions.js';
 import {
   type BlobServiceUploadAction,
   type DeleteUploadInput,
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@
     const callDeleteUpload = useDeleteUpload();
     const callSendMultimediaMessage = useLegacySendMultimediaMessage();
     const callSendTextMessage = useSendTextMessage();
-    const callNewThinThread = useNewThread();
+    const callNewThinThread = useNewThinThread();
     const dispatch = useDispatch();
     const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
     const modalContext = useModalContext();
diff --git a/web/modals/threads/create/compose-subchannel-modal.react.js b/web/modals/threads/create/compose-subchannel-modal.react.js
--- a/web/modals/threads/create/compose-subchannel-modal.react.js
+++ b/web/modals/threads/create/compose-subchannel-modal.react.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import {
   newThreadActionTypes,
-  useNewThread,
+  useNewThinThread,
 } from 'lib/actions/thread-actions.js';
 import { createLoadingStatusSelector } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
   const [errorMessage, setErrorMessage] = React.useState<string>('');
 
   const calendarQuery = useSelector(nonThreadCalendarQuery);
-  const callNewThread = useNewThread();
+  const callNewThinThread = useNewThinThread();
 
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
       const threadType = getThreadType(visibilityType, announcement);
 
       const query = calendarQuery();
-      const result = await callNewThread({
+      const result = await callNewThinThread({
         name: channelName,
         type: threadType,
         parentThreadID: parentThreadInfo.id,
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
     visibilityType,
     announcement,
     calendarQuery,
-    callNewThread,
+    callNewThinThread,
     channelName,
     parentThreadInfo.id,
     parentThreadInfo.color,
diff --git a/web/sidebar/community-creation/community-creation-modal.react.js b/web/sidebar/community-creation/community-creation-modal.react.js
--- a/web/sidebar/community-creation/community-creation-modal.react.js
+++ b/web/sidebar/community-creation/community-creation-modal.react.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import {
-  useNewThread,
+  useNewThinThread,
   newThreadActionTypes,
 } from 'lib/actions/thread-actions.js';
 import { useModalContext } from 'lib/components/modal-provider.react.js';
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
 
-  const callNewThread = useNewThread();
+  const callNewThinThread = useNewThinThread();
   const calendarQueryFunc = useSelector(nonThreadCalendarQuery);
 
   const [errorMessage, setErrorMessage] = React.useState<?string>();
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     const calendarQuery = calendarQueryFunc();
 
     try {
-      const newThreadResult: NewThreadResult = await callNewThread({
+      const newThreadResult: NewThreadResult = await callNewThinThread({
         name: pendingCommunityName,
         type: announcementSetting
           ? threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ANNOUNCEMENT_ROOT
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
   }, [
     announcementSetting,
     calendarQueryFunc,
-    callNewThread,
+    callNewThinThread,
     pendingCommunityName,
   ]);