diff --git a/lib/selectors/nav-selectors.js b/lib/selectors/nav-selectors.js
--- a/lib/selectors/nav-selectors.js
+++ b/lib/selectors/nav-selectors.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 } from '../types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import type { BaseNavInfo } from '../types/nav-types.js';
 import type { BaseAppState } from '../types/redux-types.js';
+import { threadTypeIsPrivate } from '../types/thread-types-enum.js';
 import type { UserInfo } from '../types/user-types.js';
 import { getConfig } from '../utils/config.js';
 import { values } from '../utils/objects.js';
@@ -168,7 +169,10 @@
         searchTextArray.push(threadInfo.description);
       }
       for (const member of threadInfo.members) {
-        if (!member.role || member.id === viewerID) {
+        if (
+          !member.role ||
+          (member.id === viewerID && !threadTypeIsPrivate(threadInfo.type))
+        ) {
           continue;
         }
         const userInfo = userInfos[member.id];
diff --git a/lib/types/thread-types-enum.js b/lib/types/thread-types-enum.js
--- a/lib/types/thread-types-enum.js
+++ b/lib/types/thread-types-enum.js
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@
   threadTypes.GENESIS_PERSONAL,
 ]);
 
+export const privateThreadTypes: $ReadOnlyArray<number> = Object.freeze([
+  threadTypes.PRIVATE,
+  threadTypes.GENESIS_PRIVATE,
+]);
+
 export function threadTypeIsCommunityRoot(threadType: ThreadType): boolean {
   return communityThreadTypes.includes(threadType);
 }
@@ -183,3 +188,7 @@
 export function threadTypeIsPersonal(threadType: ThreadType): boolean {
   return personalThreadTypes.includes(threadType);
 }
+
+export function threadTypeIsPrivate(threadType: ThreadType): boolean {
+  return privateThreadTypes.includes(threadType);
+}