diff --git a/native/chat/inline-engagement.react.js b/native/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
--- a/native/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
   +reactions?: ReactionInfo,
   +disabled?: boolean,
   +positioning?: 'left' | 'right',
+  +label?: ?string,
   +shouldRenderAvatars?: boolean,
 };
 function InlineEngagement(props: Props): React.Node {
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
     threadInfo,
     positioning,
     shouldRenderAvatars,
+    label,
   } = props;
   const repliesText = useInlineEngagementText(threadInfo);
 
@@ -122,7 +124,24 @@
     styles.reactionsContainer,
   ]);
 
+  const isLeft = positioning === 'left';
+
+  const editedLabel = React.useMemo(() => {
+    if (!label) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const labelLeftRight = isLeft
+      ? styles.messageLabelLeft
+      : styles.messageLabelRight;
+
+    return <Text style={[styles.messageLabel, labelLeftRight]}>{label}</Text>;
+  }, [isLeft, label, styles]);
+
   const container = React.useMemo(() => {
+    if (!sidebarItem && !reactionList) {
+      return null;
+    }
     return (
       <View style={styles.container}>
         {sidebarItem}
@@ -131,8 +150,8 @@
     );
   }, [reactionList, sidebarItem, styles.container]);
 
-  const inlineEngagementPositionStyle = [];
-  if (positioning === 'left') {
+  const inlineEngagementPositionStyle = [styles.inlineEngagement];
+  if (isLeft) {
     inlineEngagementPositionStyle.push(styles.leftInlineEngagement);
   } else {
     inlineEngagementPositionStyle.push(styles.rightInlineEngagement);
@@ -141,11 +160,24 @@
     inlineEngagementPositionStyle.push({ marginLeft: avatarOffset });
   }
 
-  return (
-    <View style={[styles.inlineEngagement, inlineEngagementPositionStyle]}>
-      {container}
-    </View>
-  );
+  let body;
+  if (isLeft) {
+    body = (
+      <>
+        {editedLabel}
+        {container}
+      </>
+    );
+  } else {
+    body = (
+      <>
+        {container}
+        {editedLabel}
+      </>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return <View style={inlineEngagementPositionStyle}>{body}</View>;
 }
 
 const unboundStyles = {
@@ -205,6 +237,20 @@
     flexDirection: 'row',
     alignItems: 'center',
   },
+  messageLabel: {
+    color: 'messageLabel',
+    paddingHorizontal: 3,
+    fontSize: 13,
+    top: 10,
+  },
+  messageLabelLeft: {
+    marginLeft: 9,
+    marginRight: 4,
+  },
+  messageLabelRight: {
+    marginRight: 10,
+    marginLeft: 4,
+  },
   avatarOffset: {
     width: avatarOffset,
   },
diff --git a/native/themes/colors.js b/native/themes/colors.js
--- a/native/themes/colors.js
+++ b/native/themes/colors.js
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
   subthreadsModalClose: '#808080',
   subthreadsModalBackground: '#EBEBEB',
   subthreadsModalSearch: '#00000008',
+  messageLabel: '#0A0A0A',
 });
 export type Colors = $Exact<typeof light>;
 
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@
   typeaheadTooltipBackground: '#1F1F1f',
   typeaheadTooltipBorder: '#404040',
   typeaheadTooltipText: 'white',
+  messageLabel: '#CCCCCC',
 });
 const colors = { light, dark };