diff --git a/lib/permissions/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-validators.js b/lib/permissions/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-validators.js
--- a/lib/permissions/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-validators.js
+++ b/lib/permissions/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-validators.js
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 import { clientAvatarValidator } from '../types/avatar-types.js';
 import type {
   MemberInfo,
+  ThreadCurrentUserInfo,
   RawThreadInfo,
   RelativeMemberInfo,
-  MinimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfo,
   RoleInfo,
   ThreadInfo,
 } from '../types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
     permissions: t.list(tHexEncodedRolePermission),
   });
 
-const minimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfoValidator: TInterface<MinimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfo> =
-  tShape<MinimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfo>({
+const threadCurrentUserInfoValidator: TInterface<ThreadCurrentUserInfo> =
+  tShape<ThreadCurrentUserInfo>({
     ...legacyThreadCurrentUserInfoValidator.meta.props,
     minimallyEncoded: tBool(true),
     permissions: tHexEncodedPermissionsBitmask,
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     community: t.maybe(tID),
     members: t.list(minimallyEncodedRelativeMemberInfoValidator),
     roles: t.dict(tID, minimallyEncodedRoleInfoValidator),
-    currentUser: minimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfoValidator,
+    currentUser: threadCurrentUserInfoValidator,
     sourceMessageID: t.maybe(tID),
     repliesCount: t.Number,
     pinnedCount: t.maybe(t.Number),
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     minimallyEncoded: tBool(true),
     members: t.list(MemberInfoValidator),
     roles: t.dict(tID, minimallyEncodedRoleInfoValidator),
-    currentUser: minimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfoValidator,
+    currentUser: threadCurrentUserInfoValidator,
   });
 
 export const rawThreadInfoValidator: TUnion<
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 
 export {
   minimallyEncodedRoleInfoValidator,
-  minimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfoValidator,
+  threadCurrentUserInfoValidator,
   MemberInfoValidator,
   minimallyEncodedRelativeMemberInfoValidator,
   minimallyEncodedThreadInfoValidator,
diff --git a/lib/permissions/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions.test.js b/lib/permissions/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions.test.js
--- a/lib/permissions/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions.test.js
+++ b/lib/permissions/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions.test.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   MemberInfoValidator,
   minimallyEncodedRawThreadInfoValidator,
   minimallyEncodedRoleInfoValidator,
-  minimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfoValidator,
+  threadCurrentUserInfoValidator,
 } from './minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-validators.js';
 import {
   decodeRolePermissionBitmask,
@@ -401,14 +401,14 @@
 describe('minimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfoValidator', () => {
   it('should validate correctly formed MinimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfo', () => {
     expect(
-      minimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfoValidator.is({
+      threadCurrentUserInfoValidator.is({
         minimallyEncoded: true,
         permissions: '100',
         subscription: { home: true, pushNotifs: true },
       }),
     ).toBe(true);
     expect(
-      minimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfoValidator.is({
+      threadCurrentUserInfoValidator.is({
         minimallyEncoded: true,
         permissions: 'ABCDEFABCDEFABCD',
         subscription: { home: true, pushNotifs: true },
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@
 
   it('should NOT validate malformed MinimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfo', () => {
     expect(
-      minimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfoValidator.is({
+      threadCurrentUserInfoValidator.is({
         minimallyEncoded: true,
         permissions: 'INVALID',
         subscription: { home: true, pushNotifs: true },
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@
     ).toBe(false);
 
     expect(
-      minimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfoValidator.is({
+      threadCurrentUserInfoValidator.is({
         minimallyEncoded: true,
         permissions: 'ABCDEF  hello  ABCDEFABCD',
         subscription: { home: true, pushNotifs: true },
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@
     ).toBe(false);
 
     expect(
-      minimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfoValidator.is({
+      threadCurrentUserInfoValidator.is({
         minimallyEncoded: true,
         permissions: 100,
         subscription: { home: true, pushNotifs: true },
diff --git a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
--- a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
   RelativeMemberInfo,
   RawThreadInfo,
   MemberInfo,
-  MinimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfo,
+  ThreadCurrentUserInfo,
   RoleInfo,
   ThreadInfo,
 } from '../types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@
   threadInfo: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
   viewerID: ?string,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
-): MinimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfo {
+): ThreadCurrentUserInfo {
   if (!threadFrozenDueToBlock(threadInfo, viewerID, userInfos)) {
     return threadInfo.currentUser;
   }
diff --git a/lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js b/lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js
--- a/lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js
+++ b/lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   };
 };
 
-export type MinimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfo = $ReadOnly<{
+export type ThreadCurrentUserInfo = $ReadOnly<{
   ...LegacyThreadCurrentUserInfo,
   +minimallyEncoded: true,
   +permissions: string,
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 
 const minimallyEncodeThreadCurrentUserInfo = (
   threadCurrentUserInfo: LegacyThreadCurrentUserInfo,
-): MinimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfo => {
+): ThreadCurrentUserInfo => {
   invariant(
     !('minimallyEncoded' in threadCurrentUserInfo),
     'threadCurrentUserInfo is already minimally encoded.',
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 };
 
 const decodeMinimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfo = (
-  minimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfo: MinimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfo,
+  minimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfo: ThreadCurrentUserInfo,
 ): LegacyThreadCurrentUserInfo => {
   const { minimallyEncoded, ...rest } = minimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfo;
   return {
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
   +minimallyEncoded: true,
   +members: $ReadOnlyArray<MemberInfo>,
   +roles: { +[id: string]: RoleInfo },
-  +currentUser: MinimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfo,
+  +currentUser: ThreadCurrentUserInfo,
 }>;
 
 const minimallyEncodeRawThreadInfo = (
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
   +community: ?string,
   +members: $ReadOnlyArray<RelativeMemberInfo>,
   +roles: { +[id: string]: RoleInfo },
-  +currentUser: MinimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfo,
+  +currentUser: ThreadCurrentUserInfo,
   +sourceMessageID?: string,
   +repliesCount: number,
   +pinnedCount?: number,
diff --git a/lib/utils/thread-ops-utils.js b/lib/utils/thread-ops-utils.js
--- a/lib/utils/thread-ops-utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils/thread-ops-utils.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import {
   MemberInfoValidator,
   minimallyEncodedRoleInfoValidator,
-  minimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfoValidator,
+  threadCurrentUserInfoValidator,
 } from '../permissions/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-validators.js';
 import type {
   MemberInfo,
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
   // 3. Validate and potentially minimally encode `rawCurrentUser`.
   const rawCurrentUser = JSON.parse(clientDBThreadInfo.currentUser);
   invariant(
-    minimallyEncodedThreadCurrentUserInfoValidator.is(rawCurrentUser) ||
+    threadCurrentUserInfoValidator.is(rawCurrentUser) ||
       legacyThreadCurrentUserInfoValidator.is(rawCurrentUser),
     'rawCurrentUser must be valid [MinimallyEncoded]ThreadCurrentUserInfo',
   );