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+// @flow
+
+import { useNavigation } from '@react-navigation/native';
+import _throttle from 'lodash/throttle.js';
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import {
+  UserProfileBottomSheetRouteName,
+  UserProfileBottomSheetNavigatorRouteName,
+} from '../navigation/route-names.js';
+
+function useNavigateToUserProfileBottomSheet(): (userID: string) => mixed {
+  const { navigate } = useNavigation();
+
+  return React.useMemo(
+    () =>
+      _throttle(
+        (userID: string) => {
+          navigate<'UserProfileBottomSheetNavigator'>(
+            UserProfileBottomSheetNavigatorRouteName,
+            {
+              screen: UserProfileBottomSheetRouteName,
+              params: {
+                userID,
+              },
+              key: `${UserProfileBottomSheetNavigatorRouteName}|${UserProfileBottomSheetRouteName}|${userID}`,
+            },
+          );
+        },
+        500, // 500ms throttle delay
+        {
+          leading: true,
+          trailing: false,
+        },
+      ),
+    [navigate],
+  );
+}
+
+export { useNavigateToUserProfileBottomSheet };