diff --git a/services/tunnelbroker/src/token_distributor/notif_utils.rs b/services/tunnelbroker/src/token_distributor/notif_utils.rs
--- a/services/tunnelbroker/src/token_distributor/notif_utils.rs
+++ b/services/tunnelbroker/src/token_distributor/notif_utils.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
   if conversation.muted {
     return None;
   }
+  if conversation.viewer_context.category == "request" {
+    return None;
+  }
   if message.message_type != DirectCastMessageType::Text {
     return None;
   }
diff --git a/shared/tunnelbroker_messages/src/messages/farcaster.rs b/shared/tunnelbroker_messages/src/messages/farcaster.rs
--- a/shared/tunnelbroker_messages/src/messages/farcaster.rs
+++ b/shared/tunnelbroker_messages/src/messages/farcaster.rs
@@ -128,6 +128,15 @@
   pub extra: serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value>,
 }
 
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Debug, Clone)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct DirectCastConversationViewerContext {
+  pub category: String,
+
+  #[serde(flatten)]
+  pub extra: serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value>,
+}
+
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Debug, Clone)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct DirectCastConversation {
@@ -135,6 +144,7 @@
   pub name: Option<String>,
   pub muted: bool,
   pub participants: Vec<DirectCastUser>,
+  pub viewer_context: DirectCastConversationViewerContext,
 
   // NOTE: This is not a full payload, some fields were omitted
   #[serde(flatten)]