diff --git a/lib/hooks/inline-engagement-text.react.js b/lib/shared/inline-engagement-utils.js
rename from lib/hooks/inline-engagement-text.react.js
rename to lib/shared/inline-engagement-utils.js
--- a/lib/hooks/inline-engagement-text.react.js
+++ b/lib/shared/inline-engagement-utils.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import type { ThreadInfo } from '../types/thread-types.js';
 
-function useInlineEngagementText(threadInfo: ?ThreadInfo): string {
+function getInlineEngagementSidebarText(threadInfo: ?ThreadInfo): string {
   if (!threadInfo) {
     return '';
   }
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@
   return `${repliesCount} ${repliesCount > 1 ? 'replies' : 'reply'}`;
 }
 
-export default useInlineEngagementText;
+export { getInlineEngagementSidebarText };
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
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
   interpolateNode,
 } from 'react-native-reanimated';
 
-import useInlineEngagementText from 'lib/hooks/inline-engagement-text.react.js';
 import type { ReactionInfo } from 'lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js';
+import { getInlineEngagementSidebarText } from 'lib/shared/inline-engagement-utils.js';
 import { localIDPrefix } from 'lib/shared/message-utils.js';
 import { useViewerAlreadySelectedMessageReactions } from 'lib/shared/reaction-utils.js';
 import type { MessageInfo } from 'lib/types/message-types.js';
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     }
   }, [disabled, navigateToThread, sidebarInfo]);
 
-  const repliesText = useInlineEngagementText(sidebarInfo);
+  const repliesText = getInlineEngagementSidebarText(sidebarInfo);
 
   const sidebarStyle = React.useMemo(() => {
     const stylesResult = [styles.sidebar];
diff --git a/web/chat/inline-engagement.react.js b/web/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
--- a/web/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
+++ b/web/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { useModalContext } from 'lib/components/modal-provider.react.js';
-import useInlineEngagementText from 'lib/hooks/inline-engagement-text.react.js';
 import type { ReactionInfo } from 'lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js';
+import { getInlineEngagementSidebarText } from 'lib/shared/inline-engagement-utils.js';
 import { stringForReactionList } from 'lib/shared/reaction-utils.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 function InlineEngagement(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { threadInfo, reactions, positioning, label } = props;
   const { pushModal, popModal } = useModalContext();
-  const repliesText = useInlineEngagementText(threadInfo);
+  const repliesText = getInlineEngagementSidebarText(threadInfo);
 
   const containerClasses = classNames([
     css.inlineEngagementContainer,