diff --git a/lib/actions/relationship-actions.js b/lib/actions/relationship-actions.js
--- a/lib/actions/relationship-actions.js
+++ b/lib/actions/relationship-actions.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import type { CallSingleKeyserverEndpoint } from '../keyserver-conn/call-single-keyserver-endpoint.js';
 import type {
   RelationshipErrors,
-  LegacyRelationshipRequest,
+  RelationshipRequest,
 } from '../types/relationship-types.js';
 import { ServerError } from '../utils/errors.js';
 
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 const updateRelationships =
   (
     callSingleKeyserverEndpoint: CallSingleKeyserverEndpoint,
-  ): ((request: LegacyRelationshipRequest) => Promise<RelationshipErrors>) =>
+  ): ((request: RelationshipRequest) => Promise<RelationshipErrors>) =>
   async request => {
     const errors = await callSingleKeyserverEndpoint(
-      'update_relationships',
+      'update_relationships2',
       request,
     );
 
diff --git a/lib/components/farcaster-data-handler.react.js b/lib/components/farcaster-data-handler.react.js
--- a/lib/components/farcaster-data-handler.react.js
+++ b/lib/components/farcaster-data-handler.react.js
@@ -3,15 +3,12 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { setAuxUserFIDsActionType } from '../actions/aux-user-actions.js';
-import {
-  updateRelationships as serverUpdateRelationships,
-  updateRelationshipsActionTypes,
-} from '../actions/relationship-actions.js';
+import { updateRelationshipsActionTypes } from '../actions/relationship-actions.js';
 import { setSyncedMetadataEntryActionType } from '../actions/synced-metadata-actions.js';
 import { useFindUserIdentities } from '../actions/user-actions.js';
 import { NeynarClientContext } from '../components/neynar-client-provider.react.js';
 import { useIsLoggedInToIdentityAndAuthoritativeKeyserver } from '../hooks/account-hooks.js';
-import { useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall } from '../keyserver-conn/legacy-keyserver-call.js';
+import { useUpdateRelationships } from '../hooks/relationship-hooks.js';
 import { IdentityClientContext } from '../shared/identity-client-context.js';
 import { relationshipActions } from '../types/relationship-types.js';
 import { syncedMetadataNames } from '../types/synced-metadata-types.js';
@@ -43,15 +40,11 @@
 
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
-  const updateRelationships = useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall(
-    serverUpdateRelationships,
-  );
+
+  const updateRelationships = useUpdateRelationships();
   const createThreadsAndRobotextForFarcasterMutuals = React.useCallback(
-    (userIDsToFID: { +[userID: string]: string }) =>
-      updateRelationships({
-        action: relationshipActions.FARCASTER_MUTUAL,
-        userIDsToFID,
-      }),
+    (userIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>) =>
+      updateRelationships(relationshipActions.FARCASTER_MUTUAL, userIDs),
     [updateRelationships],
   );
 
@@ -100,14 +93,7 @@
       return;
     }
 
-    const userIDsToFID: { +[userID: string]: string } = Object.fromEntries(
-      newCommUsers.map(({ userID, farcasterID }) => [userID, farcasterID]),
-    );
-
-    const userIDsToFIDIncludingCurrentUser: { +[userID: string]: string } = {
-      ...userIDsToFID,
-      [(currentUserID: string)]: fid,
-    };
+    const newCommUserIDs = newCommUsers.map(({ userID }) => userID);
 
     if (!loggedInRef.current) {
       return;
@@ -115,9 +101,7 @@
 
     void dispatchActionPromise(
       updateRelationshipsActionTypes,
-      createThreadsAndRobotextForFarcasterMutuals(
-        userIDsToFIDIncludingCurrentUser,
-      ),
+      createThreadsAndRobotextForFarcasterMutuals(newCommUserIDs),
     );
   }, [
     isActive,
diff --git a/lib/handlers/user-infos-handler.react.js b/lib/handlers/user-infos-handler.react.js
--- a/lib/handlers/user-infos-handler.react.js
+++ b/lib/handlers/user-infos-handler.react.js
@@ -3,17 +3,14 @@
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-import {
-  updateRelationships,
-  updateRelationshipsActionTypes,
-} from '../actions/relationship-actions.js';
+import { updateRelationshipsActionTypes } from '../actions/relationship-actions.js';
 import {
   useFindUserIdentities,
   findUserIdentitiesActionTypes,
 } from '../actions/user-actions.js';
 import { useIsLoggedInToAuthoritativeKeyserver } from '../hooks/account-hooks.js';
 import { useGetAndUpdateDeviceListsForUsers } from '../hooks/peer-list-hooks.js';
-import { useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall } from '../keyserver-conn/legacy-keyserver-call.js';
+import { useUpdateRelationships } from '../hooks/relationship-hooks.js';
 import { usersWithMissingDeviceListSelector } from '../selectors/user-selectors.js';
 import { IdentityClientContext } from '../shared/identity-client-context.js';
 import { useTunnelbroker } from '../tunnelbroker/tunnelbroker-context.js';
@@ -46,8 +43,7 @@
   const requestedIDsRef = React.useRef(new Set<string>());
   const requestedAvatarsRef = React.useRef(new Set<string>());
 
-  const callUpdateRelationships =
-    useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall(updateRelationships);
+  const updateRelationships = useUpdateRelationships();
 
   const currentUserInfo = useSelector(state => state.currentUserInfo);
 
@@ -107,10 +103,10 @@
 
         const updateRelationshipsPromise = (async () => {
           try {
-            return await callUpdateRelationships({
-              action: relationshipActions.ACKNOWLEDGE,
-              userIDs: userIDsWithoutOwnID,
-            });
+            return await updateRelationships(
+              relationshipActions.ACKNOWLEDGE,
+              userIDsWithoutOwnID,
+            );
           } catch (e) {
             if (e instanceof FetchTimeout) {
               userIDsWithoutOwnID.forEach(id =>
@@ -129,7 +125,7 @@
     })();
   }, [
     getAuthMetadata,
-    callUpdateRelationships,
+    updateRelationships,
     currentUserInfo?.id,
     dispatchActionPromise,
     findUserIdentities,
diff --git a/lib/hooks/relationship-hooks.js b/lib/hooks/relationship-hooks.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/hooks/relationship-hooks.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// @flow
+
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import { updateRelationships as serverUpdateRelationships } from '../actions/relationship-actions.js';
+import { useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall } from '../keyserver-conn/legacy-keyserver-call.js';
+import type {
+  RelationshipAction,
+  RelationshipErrors,
+} from '../types/relationship-types.js';
+
+function useUpdateRelationships(): (
+  action: RelationshipAction,
+  userIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
+) => Promise<RelationshipErrors> {
+  const updateRelationships = useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall(
+    serverUpdateRelationships,
+  );
+  return React.useCallback(
+    (action: RelationshipAction, userIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>) =>
+      updateRelationships({
+        action,
+        users: Object.fromEntries(
+          userIDs.map(userID => [
+            userID,
+            {
+              createRobotextInThinThread: true,
+            },
+          ]),
+        ),
+      }),
+    [updateRelationships],
+  );
+}
+
+export { useUpdateRelationships };
diff --git a/lib/hooks/relationship-prompt.js b/lib/hooks/relationship-prompt.js
--- a/lib/hooks/relationship-prompt.js
+++ b/lib/hooks/relationship-prompt.js
@@ -3,11 +3,8 @@
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-import {
-  updateRelationships as serverUpdateRelationships,
-  updateRelationshipsActionTypes,
-} from '../actions/relationship-actions.js';
-import { useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall } from '../keyserver-conn/legacy-keyserver-call.js';
+import { updateRelationshipsActionTypes } from '../actions/relationship-actions.js';
+import { useUpdateRelationships } from '../hooks/relationship-hooks.js';
 import { getSingleOtherUser } from '../shared/thread-utils.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from '../types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import {
@@ -84,9 +81,7 @@
   const [isLoadingUnfriendUser, setIsLoadingUnfriendUser] =
     React.useState(false);
 
-  const callUpdateRelationships = useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall(
-    serverUpdateRelationships,
-  );
+  const updateRelationships = useUpdateRelationships();
   const updateRelationship = React.useCallback(
     async (
       action: TraditionalRelationshipAction,
@@ -95,10 +90,7 @@
       try {
         setInProgress(true);
         invariant(otherUserID, 'Other user info id should be present');
-        return await callUpdateRelationships({
-          action,
-          userIDs: [otherUserID],
-        });
+        return await updateRelationships(action, [otherUserID]);
       } catch (e) {
         onErrorCallback?.();
         throw e;
@@ -106,7 +98,7 @@
         setInProgress(false);
       }
     },
-    [callUpdateRelationships, onErrorCallback, otherUserID],
+    [updateRelationships, onErrorCallback, otherUserID],
   );
 
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
diff --git a/native/chat/settings/thread-settings-edit-relationship.react.js b/native/chat/settings/thread-settings-edit-relationship.react.js
--- a/native/chat/settings/thread-settings-edit-relationship.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/settings/thread-settings-edit-relationship.react.js
@@ -4,12 +4,9 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Text, View } from 'react-native';
 
-import {
-  updateRelationships as serverUpdateRelationships,
-  updateRelationshipsActionTypes,
-} from 'lib/actions/relationship-actions.js';
+import { updateRelationshipsActionTypes } from 'lib/actions/relationship-actions.js';
 import { useENSNames } from 'lib/hooks/ens-cache.js';
-import { useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall } from 'lib/keyserver-conn/legacy-keyserver-call.js';
+import { useUpdateRelationships } from 'lib/hooks/relationship-hooks.js';
 import {
   getRelationshipActionText,
   getRelationshipDispatchAction,
@@ -49,16 +46,11 @@
 
     const [otherUserInfo] = useENSNames([otherUserInfoFromRedux]);
 
-    const callUpdateRelationships = useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall(
-      serverUpdateRelationships,
-    );
+    const updateRelationships = useUpdateRelationships();
     const updateRelationship = React.useCallback(
       async (action: TraditionalRelationshipAction) => {
         try {
-          return await callUpdateRelationships({
-            action,
-            userIDs: [otherUserInfo.id],
-          });
+          return await updateRelationships(action, [otherUserInfo.id]);
         } catch (e) {
           Alert.alert(
             unknownErrorAlertDetails.title,
@@ -71,7 +63,7 @@
           throw e;
         }
       },
-      [callUpdateRelationships, otherUserInfo],
+      [updateRelationships, otherUserInfo],
     );
 
     const { relationshipButton } = props;
diff --git a/native/profile/relationship-list-item.react.js b/native/profile/relationship-list-item.react.js
--- a/native/profile/relationship-list-item.react.js
+++ b/native/profile/relationship-list-item.react.js
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { View, Text, TouchableOpacity, ActivityIndicator } from 'react-native';
 
-import {
-  updateRelationshipsActionTypes,
-  updateRelationships,
-} from 'lib/actions/relationship-actions.js';
-import { useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall } from 'lib/keyserver-conn/legacy-keyserver-call.js';
+import { updateRelationshipsActionTypes } from 'lib/actions/relationship-actions.js';
+import { useUpdateRelationships } from 'lib/hooks/relationship-hooks.js';
 import { createLoadingStatusSelector } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors.js';
 import type { LoadingStatus } from 'lib/types/loading-types.js';
 import type { ReactRef } from 'lib/types/react-types.js';
@@ -17,7 +14,7 @@
   type RelationshipErrors,
   userRelationshipStatus,
   relationshipActions,
-  type LegacyRelationshipRequest,
+  type RelationshipAction,
 } from 'lib/types/relationship-types.js';
 import type {
   AccountUserInfo,
@@ -111,7 +108,8 @@
   +dispatchActionPromise: DispatchActionPromise,
   // async functions that hit server APIs
   +updateRelationships: (
-    request: LegacyRelationshipRequest,
+    action: RelationshipAction,
+    userIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   ) => Promise<RelationshipErrors>,
   // withOverlayContext
   +overlayContext: ?OverlayContextType,
@@ -306,10 +304,9 @@
     action: TraditionalRelationshipAction,
   ): Promise<RelationshipErrors> {
     try {
-      return await this.props.updateRelationships({
-        action,
-        userIDs: [this.props.userInfo.id],
-      });
+      return await this.props.updateRelationships(action, [
+        this.props.userInfo.id,
+      ]);
     } catch (e) {
       Alert.alert(
         unknownErrorAlertDetails.title,
@@ -337,8 +334,7 @@
     const colors = useColors();
     const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
     const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
-    const boundUpdateRelationships =
-      useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall(updateRelationships);
+    const updateRelationships = useUpdateRelationships();
     const overlayContext = React.useContext(OverlayContext);
     const keyboardState = React.useContext(KeyboardContext);
 
@@ -352,7 +348,7 @@
         colors={colors}
         styles={styles}
         dispatchActionPromise={dispatchActionPromise}
-        updateRelationships={boundUpdateRelationships}
+        updateRelationships={updateRelationships}
         overlayContext={overlayContext}
         keyboardState={keyboardState}
         navigateToUserProfileBottomSheet={navigateToUserProfileBottomSheet}
diff --git a/native/profile/relationship-list.react.js b/native/profile/relationship-list.react.js
--- a/native/profile/relationship-list.react.js
+++ b/native/profile/relationship-list.react.js
@@ -5,12 +5,9 @@
 import { View, Text, Platform } from 'react-native';
 import { FlatList } from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
 
-import {
-  updateRelationshipsActionTypes,
-  updateRelationships,
-} from 'lib/actions/relationship-actions.js';
+import { updateRelationshipsActionTypes } from 'lib/actions/relationship-actions.js';
 import { useENSNames } from 'lib/hooks/ens-cache.js';
-import { useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall } from 'lib/keyserver-conn/legacy-keyserver-call.js';
+import { useUpdateRelationships } from 'lib/hooks/relationship-hooks.js';
 import { registerFetchKey } from 'lib/reducers/loading-reducer.js';
 import { useUserSearchIndex } from 'lib/selectors/nav-selectors.js';
 import { userRelationshipsSelector } from 'lib/selectors/relationship-selectors.js';
@@ -200,8 +197,7 @@
     tagInputRef.current?.focus();
   }, []);
 
-  const callUpdateRelationships =
-    useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall(updateRelationships);
+  const updateRelationships = useUpdateRelationships();
   const updateRelationshipsOnServer = React.useCallback(async () => {
     const action = {
       [FriendListRouteName]: relationshipActions.FRIEND,
@@ -209,10 +205,7 @@
     }[routeName];
     const userIDs = currentTags.map(userInfo => userInfo.id);
     try {
-      const result = await callUpdateRelationships({
-        action,
-        userIDs,
-      });
+      const result = await updateRelationships(action, userIDs);
       setCurrentTags([]);
       setSearchInputText('');
       return result;
@@ -228,7 +221,7 @@
   }, [
     routeName,
     currentTags,
-    callUpdateRelationships,
+    updateRelationships,
     onUnknownErrorAlertAcknowledged,
   ]);
 
diff --git a/native/profile/user-relationship-tooltip-modal.react.js b/native/profile/user-relationship-tooltip-modal.react.js
--- a/native/profile/user-relationship-tooltip-modal.react.js
+++ b/native/profile/user-relationship-tooltip-modal.react.js
@@ -3,11 +3,8 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { TouchableOpacity } from 'react-native';
 
-import {
-  updateRelationshipsActionTypes,
-  updateRelationships,
-} from 'lib/actions/relationship-actions.js';
-import { useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall } from 'lib/keyserver-conn/legacy-keyserver-call.js';
+import { updateRelationshipsActionTypes } from 'lib/actions/relationship-actions.js';
+import { useUpdateRelationships } from 'lib/hooks/relationship-hooks.js';
 import { stringForUser } from 'lib/shared/user-utils.js';
 import type { RelativeUserInfo } from 'lib/types/user-types.js';
 import { useDispatchActionPromise } from 'lib/utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
@@ -39,18 +36,16 @@
   +action: Action,
 };
 function useRelationshipAction(input: OnRemoveUserProps) {
-  const boundRemoveRelationships =
-    useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall(updateRelationships);
+  const updateRelationships = useUpdateRelationships();
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
   const userText = stringForUser(input.relativeUserInfo);
 
   return React.useCallback(() => {
     const callRemoveRelationships = async () => {
       try {
-        return await boundRemoveRelationships({
-          action: input.action,
-          userIDs: [input.relativeUserInfo.id],
-        });
+        return await updateRelationships(input.action, [
+          input.relativeUserInfo.id,
+        ]);
       } catch (e) {
         Alert.alert(
           unknownErrorAlertDetails.title,
@@ -90,7 +85,7 @@
       ],
       { cancelable: true },
     );
-  }, [boundRemoveRelationships, dispatchActionPromise, userText, input]);
+  }, [updateRelationships, dispatchActionPromise, userText, input]);
 }
 
 function TooltipMenu(
diff --git a/web/modals/threads/settings/thread-settings-relationship-button.react.js b/web/modals/threads/settings/thread-settings-relationship-button.react.js
--- a/web/modals/threads/settings/thread-settings-relationship-button.react.js
+++ b/web/modals/threads/settings/thread-settings-relationship-button.react.js
@@ -9,11 +9,8 @@
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-import {
-  updateRelationships,
-  updateRelationshipsActionTypes,
-} from 'lib/actions/relationship-actions.js';
-import { useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall } from 'lib/keyserver-conn/legacy-keyserver-call.js';
+import { updateRelationshipsActionTypes } from 'lib/actions/relationship-actions.js';
+import { useUpdateRelationships } from 'lib/hooks/relationship-hooks.js';
 import { createLoadingStatusSelector } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors.js';
 import {
   getRelationshipActionText,
@@ -104,21 +101,17 @@
   }, [relationshipButton]);
 
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
-  const callUpdateRelationships =
-    useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall(updateRelationships);
+  const updateRelationships = useUpdateRelationships();
 
   const updateRelationshipsActionPromise = React.useCallback(async () => {
     try {
       setErrorMessage?.('');
-      return await callUpdateRelationships({
-        action,
-        userIDs: [otherUserInfo.id],
-      });
+      return await updateRelationships(action, [otherUserInfo.id]);
     } catch (e) {
       setErrorMessage?.('Error updating relationship');
       throw e;
     }
-  }, [action, callUpdateRelationships, otherUserInfo.id, setErrorMessage]);
+  }, [action, updateRelationships, otherUserInfo.id, setErrorMessage]);
   const onClick = React.useCallback(() => {
     void dispatchActionPromise(
       updateRelationshipsActionTypes,
diff --git a/web/settings/relationship/add-users-list-modal.react.js b/web/settings/relationship/add-users-list-modal.react.js
--- a/web/settings/relationship/add-users-list-modal.react.js
+++ b/web/settings/relationship/add-users-list-modal.react.js
@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-import {
-  updateRelationships,
-  updateRelationshipsActionTypes,
-} from 'lib/actions/relationship-actions.js';
+import { updateRelationshipsActionTypes } from 'lib/actions/relationship-actions.js';
 import { useModalContext } from 'lib/components/modal-provider.react.js';
-import { useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall } from 'lib/keyserver-conn/legacy-keyserver-call.js';
+import { useUpdateRelationships } from 'lib/hooks/relationship-hooks.js';
 import { createLoadingStatusSelector } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors.js';
 import type {
   UserRelationshipStatus,
@@ -90,18 +87,17 @@
     [excludedStatuses],
   );
 
-  const callUpdateRelationships =
-    useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall(updateRelationships);
+  const updateRelationships = useUpdateRelationships();
 
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
 
   const updateRelationshipsPromiseCreator = React.useCallback(async () => {
     try {
       setErrorMessage('');
-      const result = await callUpdateRelationships({
-        action: relationshipAction,
-        userIDs: Array.from(pendingUsersToAdd.keys()),
-      });
+      const result = await updateRelationships(
+        relationshipAction,
+        Array.from(pendingUsersToAdd.keys()),
+      );
       popModal();
       return result;
     } catch (e) {
@@ -110,7 +106,7 @@
     }
   }, [
     setErrorMessage,
-    callUpdateRelationships,
+    updateRelationships,
     relationshipAction,
     pendingUsersToAdd,
     popModal,