diff --git a/keyserver/src/responders/relationship-responders.js b/keyserver/src/responders/relationship-responders.js
--- a/keyserver/src/responders/relationship-responders.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/responders/relationship-responders.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
   traditionalRelationshipActionsList,
   type LegacyRelationshipRequest,
   legacyFarcasterRelationshipRequestValidator,
+  relationshipActions,
+  type RelationshipRequestUserInfo,
 } from 'lib/types/relationship-types.js';
 import { tShape, tUserID } from 'lib/utils/validation-utils.js';
 
@@ -31,8 +33,29 @@
 
 async function legacyUpdateRelationshipsResponder(
   viewer: Viewer,
-  request: LegacyRelationshipRequest,
+  legacyRequest: LegacyRelationshipRequest,
 ): Promise<RelationshipErrors> {
+  let requestUserIDs;
+  const viewerID = viewer.userID;
+  if (legacyRequest.action === relationshipActions.FARCASTER_MUTUAL) {
+    requestUserIDs = Object.keys(legacyRequest.userIDsToFID).filter(
+      userID => userID !== viewerID,
+    );
+  } else {
+    requestUserIDs = legacyRequest.userIDs;
+  }
+
+  const requestUserInfos: { [userID: string]: RelationshipRequestUserInfo } =
+    {};
+  for (const userID of requestUserIDs) {
+    requestUserInfos[userID] = {
+      createRobotextInThinThread: true,
+    };
+  }
+  const request = {
+    action: legacyRequest.action,
+    users: requestUserInfos,
+  };
   return await updateRelationships(viewer, request);
 }
 
diff --git a/keyserver/src/updaters/relationship-updaters.js b/keyserver/src/updaters/relationship-updaters.js
--- a/keyserver/src/updaters/relationship-updaters.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/updaters/relationship-updaters.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   relationshipActions,
   undirectedStatus,
   directedStatus,
-  type LegacyRelationshipRequest,
+  type RelationshipRequest,
 } from 'lib/types/relationship-types.js';
 import { threadTypes } from 'lib/types/thread-types-enum.js';
 import type { NewThreadResponse } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
@@ -31,22 +31,13 @@
 
 async function updateRelationships(
   viewer: Viewer,
-  request: LegacyRelationshipRequest,
+  request: RelationshipRequest,
 ): Promise<RelationshipErrors> {
   if (!viewer.loggedIn) {
     throw new ServerError('not_logged_in');
   }
 
-  let requestUserIDs;
-  const viewerID = viewer.userID;
-  if (request.action === relationshipActions.FARCASTER_MUTUAL) {
-    requestUserIDs = Object.keys(request.userIDsToFID).filter(
-      userID => userID !== viewerID,
-    );
-  } else {
-    requestUserIDs = request.userIDs;
-  }
-
+  const requestUserIDs = Object.keys(request.users);
   const uniqueUserIDs = [...new Set(requestUserIDs)];
   const users = await fetchUserInfos(uniqueUserIDs);
 
@@ -212,6 +203,7 @@
     `;
     await dbQuery(query);
   } else if (request.action === relationshipActions.FARCASTER_MUTUAL) {
+    const viewerID = viewer.userID;
     const { identities: userIdentities } = await findUserIdentities([
       ...userIDs,
       viewerID,
@@ -391,7 +383,7 @@
 
 async function createPersonalThreads(
   viewer: Viewer,
-  request: LegacyRelationshipRequest,
+  request: RelationshipRequest,
   userIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 ) {
   invariant(
diff --git a/lib/types/relationship-types.js b/lib/types/relationship-types.js
--- a/lib/types/relationship-types.js
+++ b/lib/types/relationship-types.js
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@
   | LegacyTraditionalRelationshipRequest
   | LegacyFarcasterRelationshipRequest;
 
+export type RelationshipRequestUserInfo = {
+  +createRobotextInThinThread: boolean,
+};
+export type RelationshipRequest = {
+  +action: RelationshipAction,
+  +users: { +[userID: string]: RelationshipRequestUserInfo },
+};
+
 export const legacyFarcasterRelationshipRequestValidator: TInterface<LegacyFarcasterRelationshipRequest> =
   tShape<LegacyFarcasterRelationshipRequest>({
     action: tString('farcaster'),