diff --git a/lib/shared/notif-utils.js b/lib/shared/notif-utils.js
index dc8e1779d..58a97b357 100644
--- a/lib/shared/notif-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/notif-utils.js
@@ -1,254 +1,248 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 
 import { robotextForMessageInfo } from './message-utils.js';
 import { messageSpecs } from './messages/message-specs.js';
 import { threadNoun } from './thread-utils.js';
 import {
   type MessageInfo,
   type RawMessageInfo,
   type RobotextMessageInfo,
   type MessageType,
   messageTypes,
 } from '../types/message-types.js';
 import type { NotifTexts, ResolvedNotifTexts } from '../types/notif-types.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo, ThreadType } from '../types/thread-types.js';
 import type { RelativeUserInfo } from '../types/user-types.js';
 import { prettyDate } from '../utils/date-utils.js';
 import type { GetENSNames } from '../utils/ens-helpers.js';
 import {
   ET,
   getEntityTextAsString,
-  pluralizeEntityText,
   type EntityText,
-  type UserEntity,
+  type ThreadEntity,
 } from '../utils/entity-text.js';
 import { promiseAll } from '../utils/promises.js';
 import { trimText } from '../utils/text-utils.js';
 
 async function notifTextsForMessageInfo(
   messageInfos: MessageInfo[],
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   getENSNames: ?GetENSNames,
 ): Promise<ResolvedNotifTexts> {
   const fullNotifTexts = await fullNotifTextsForMessageInfo(
     messageInfos,
     threadInfo,
     getENSNames,
   );
   const merged = trimText(fullNotifTexts.merged, 300);
   const body = trimText(fullNotifTexts.body, 300);
   const title = trimText(fullNotifTexts.title, 100);
   if (!fullNotifTexts.prefix) {
     return { merged, body, title };
   }
   const prefix = trimText(fullNotifTexts.prefix, 50);
   return { merged, body, title, prefix };
 }
 
 function notifTextsForEntryCreationOrEdit(
   messageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<MessageInfo>,
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
 ): NotifTexts {
   const hasCreateEntry = messageInfos.some(
     messageInfo => messageInfo.type === messageTypes.CREATE_ENTRY,
   );
   const messageInfo = messageInfos[0];
 
   const thread = ET.thread({ display: 'shortName', threadInfo });
   const creator = ET.user({ userInfo: messageInfo.creator });
   const prefix = ET`${creator}`;
 
   if (!hasCreateEntry) {
     invariant(
       messageInfo.type === messageTypes.EDIT_ENTRY,
       'messageInfo should be messageTypes.EDIT_ENTRY!',
     );
     const date = prettyDate(messageInfo.date);
     let body = ET`updated the text of an event in ${thread}`;
     body = ET`${body} scheduled for ${date}: "${messageInfo.text}"`;
     const merged = ET`${prefix} ${body}`;
     return {
       merged,
       title: threadInfo.uiName,
       body,
       prefix,
     };
   }
   invariant(
     messageInfo.type === messageTypes.CREATE_ENTRY ||
       messageInfo.type === messageTypes.EDIT_ENTRY,
     'messageInfo should be messageTypes.CREATE_ENTRY/EDIT_ENTRY!',
   );
   const date = prettyDate(messageInfo.date);
   let body = ET`created an event in ${thread}`;
   body = ET`${body} scheduled for ${date}: "${messageInfo.text}"`;
   const merged = ET`${prefix} ${body}`;
   return {
     merged,
     title: threadInfo.uiName,
     body,
     prefix,
   };
 }
 
 type NotifTextsForSubthreadCreationInput = {
   +creator: RelativeUserInfo,
   +threadType: ThreadType,
   +parentThreadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   +childThreadName: ?string,
-  +childThreadUIName: string | $ReadOnlyArray<UserEntity>,
+  +childThreadUIName: string | ThreadEntity,
 };
 function notifTextsForSubthreadCreation(
   input: NotifTextsForSubthreadCreationInput,
 ): NotifTexts {
   const {
     creator,
     threadType,
     parentThreadInfo,
     childThreadName,
     childThreadUIName,
   } = input;
 
   const prefix = ET`${ET.user({ userInfo: creator })}`;
 
   let body = `created a new ${threadNoun(threadType)}`;
   if (parentThreadInfo.name) {
     body = ET`${body} in ${parentThreadInfo.name}`;
   }
 
   let merged = ET`${prefix} ${body}`;
   if (childThreadName) {
     merged = ET`${merged} called "${childThreadName}"`;
   }
 
   return {
     merged,
     body,
     title: childThreadUIName,
     prefix,
   };
 }
 
 function mostRecentMessageInfoType(
   messageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<MessageInfo>,
 ): MessageType {
   if (messageInfos.length === 0) {
     throw new Error('expected MessageInfo, but none present!');
   }
   return messageInfos[0].type;
 }
 
 async function fullNotifTextsForMessageInfo(
   messageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<MessageInfo>,
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   getENSNames: ?GetENSNames,
 ): Promise<ResolvedNotifTexts> {
   const mostRecentType = mostRecentMessageInfoType(messageInfos);
   const messageSpec = messageSpecs[mostRecentType];
   invariant(
     messageSpec.notificationTexts,
     `we're not aware of messageType ${mostRecentType}`,
   );
   const innerNotificationTexts = (
     innerMessageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<MessageInfo>,
     innerThreadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   ) =>
     fullNotifTextsForMessageInfo(
       innerMessageInfos,
       innerThreadInfo,
       getENSNames,
     );
   const unresolvedNotifTexts = await messageSpec.notificationTexts(
     messageInfos,
     threadInfo,
     { notificationTexts: innerNotificationTexts },
   );
 
   const resolveToString = async (
     entityText: string | EntityText,
   ): Promise<string> => {
     if (typeof entityText === 'string') {
       return entityText;
     }
     const notifString = await getEntityTextAsString(entityText, getENSNames, {
       prefixThisThreadNounWith: 'your',
     });
     invariant(
       notifString !== null && notifString !== undefined,
       'getEntityTextAsString only returns falsey when passed falsey',
     );
     return notifString;
   };
-  const unresolvedTitle = unresolvedNotifTexts.title;
-  const pluralizedTitle =
-    typeof unresolvedTitle === 'string'
-      ? unresolvedTitle
-      : pluralizeEntityText(unresolvedTitle.map(entity => [entity]));
   let promises = {
     merged: resolveToString(unresolvedNotifTexts.merged),
     body: resolveToString(unresolvedNotifTexts.body),
-    title: resolveToString(pluralizedTitle),
+    title: resolveToString(ET`${unresolvedNotifTexts.title}`),
   };
   if (unresolvedNotifTexts.prefix) {
     promises = {
       ...promises,
       prefix: resolveToString(unresolvedNotifTexts.prefix),
     };
   }
   return await promiseAll(promises);
 }
 
 function notifRobotextForMessageInfo(
   messageInfo: RobotextMessageInfo,
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
 ): EntityText {
   const robotext = robotextForMessageInfo(messageInfo, threadInfo);
   return robotext.map(entity => {
     if (
       typeof entity !== 'string' &&
       entity.type === 'thread' &&
       entity.id === threadInfo.id
     ) {
       return ET.thread({
         display: 'shortName',
         threadInfo,
         possessive: entity.possessive,
       });
     }
     return entity;
   });
 }
 
 function notifCollapseKeyForRawMessageInfo(
   rawMessageInfo: RawMessageInfo,
 ): ?string {
   const messageSpec = messageSpecs[rawMessageInfo.type];
   return messageSpec.notificationCollapseKey?.(rawMessageInfo) ?? null;
 }
 
 type Unmerged = $ReadOnly<{
   body: string,
   title: string,
   prefix?: string,
   ...
 }>;
 type Merged = {
   body: string,
   title: string,
 };
 function mergePrefixIntoBody(unmerged: Unmerged): Merged {
   const { body, title, prefix } = unmerged;
   const merged = prefix ? `${prefix} ${body}` : body;
   return { body: merged, title };
 }
 
 export {
   notifRobotextForMessageInfo,
   notifTextsForMessageInfo,
   notifTextsForEntryCreationOrEdit,
   notifTextsForSubthreadCreation,
   notifCollapseKeyForRawMessageInfo,
   mergePrefixIntoBody,
 };
diff --git a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
index 7a06df75b..43dd7daa2 100644
--- a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
@@ -1,1526 +1,1533 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import _find from 'lodash/fp/find.js';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import stringHash from 'string-hash';
 import tinycolor from 'tinycolor2';
 
 import { type ParserRules } from './markdown.js';
 import { getMessageTitle } from './message-utils.js';
 import { relationshipBlockedInEitherDirection } from './relationship-utils.js';
 import threadWatcher from './thread-watcher.js';
 import {
   fetchMostRecentMessagesActionTypes,
   fetchMostRecentMessages,
 } from '../actions/message-actions.js';
 import {
   changeThreadMemberRolesActionTypes,
   newThreadActionTypes,
   removeUsersFromThreadActionTypes,
 } from '../actions/thread-actions.js';
 import { searchUsers as searchUserCall } from '../actions/user-actions.js';
 import ashoat from '../facts/ashoat.js';
 import genesis from '../facts/genesis.js';
 import {
   permissionLookup,
   getAllThreadPermissions,
   makePermissionsBlob,
 } from '../permissions/thread-permissions.js';
 import type {
   ChatThreadItem,
   ChatMessageInfoItem,
 } from '../selectors/chat-selectors.js';
 import { useGlobalThreadSearchIndex } from '../selectors/nav-selectors.js';
 import {
   threadInfoSelector,
   pendingToRealizedThreadIDsSelector,
 } from '../selectors/thread-selectors.js';
 import {
   getRelativeMemberInfos,
   usersWithPersonalThreadSelector,
 } from '../selectors/user-selectors.js';
 import type { CalendarQuery } from '../types/entry-types.js';
 import type {
   RobotextMessageInfo,
   ComposableMessageInfo,
 } from '../types/message-types.js';
 import { userRelationshipStatus } from '../types/relationship-types.js';
 import {
   type RawThreadInfo,
   type ThreadInfo,
   type ThreadPermission,
   type MemberInfo,
   type ServerThreadInfo,
   type RelativeMemberInfo,
   type ThreadCurrentUserInfo,
   type RoleInfo,
   type ServerMemberInfo,
   type ThreadPermissionsInfo,
   type ThreadType,
   type ClientNewThreadRequest,
   type NewThreadResult,
   type ChangeThreadSettingsPayload,
   threadTypes,
   threadPermissions,
   threadTypeIsCommunityRoot,
   assertThreadType,
 } from '../types/thread-types.js';
 import { type ClientUpdateInfo, updateTypes } from '../types/update-types.js';
 import type {
   GlobalAccountUserInfo,
   UserInfos,
   UserInfo,
   AccountUserInfo,
 } from '../types/user-types.js';
 import {
   useDispatchActionPromise,
   useServerCall,
 } from '../utils/action-utils.js';
 import type { DispatchActionPromise } from '../utils/action-utils.js';
 import type { GetENSNames } from '../utils/ens-helpers.js';
 import {
   ET,
   entityTextToRawString,
   getEntityTextAsString,
-  type UserEntity,
+  type ThreadEntity,
 } from '../utils/entity-text.js';
 import { values } from '../utils/objects.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../utils/redux-utils.js';
 import { firstLine } from '../utils/string-utils.js';
 import { trimText } from '../utils/text-utils.js';
 
 function colorIsDark(color: string): boolean {
   return tinycolor(`#${color}`).isDark();
 }
 
 const selectedThreadColorsObj = Object.freeze({
   a: '4b87aa',
   b: '5c9f5f',
   c: 'b8753d',
   d: 'aa4b4b',
   e: '6d49ab',
   f: 'c85000',
   g: '008f83',
   h: '648caa',
   i: '57697f',
   j: '575757',
 });
 
 const selectedThreadColors: $ReadOnlyArray<string> = values(
   selectedThreadColorsObj,
 );
 export type SelectedThreadColors = $Values<typeof selectedThreadColorsObj>;
 
 function generateRandomColor(): string {
   return selectedThreadColors[
     Math.floor(Math.random() * selectedThreadColors.length)
   ];
 }
 
 function generatePendingThreadColor(userIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>): string {
   const ids = [...userIDs].sort().join('#');
   const colorIdx = stringHash(ids) % selectedThreadColors.length;
   return selectedThreadColors[colorIdx];
 }
 
 function threadHasPermission(
   threadInfo: ?(ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo),
   permission: ThreadPermission,
 ): boolean {
   if (!threadInfo) {
     return false;
   }
   invariant(
     !permissionsDisabledByBlock.has(permission) || threadInfo?.uiName,
     `${permission} can be disabled by a block, but threadHasPermission can't ` +
       'check for a block on RawThreadInfo. Please pass in ThreadInfo instead!',
   );
   if (!threadInfo.currentUser.permissions[permission]) {
     return false;
   }
   return threadInfo.currentUser.permissions[permission].value;
 }
 
 function viewerIsMember(threadInfo: ?(ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo)): boolean {
   return !!(
     threadInfo &&
     threadInfo.currentUser.role !== null &&
     threadInfo.currentUser.role !== undefined
   );
 }
 
 function threadIsInHome(threadInfo: ?(ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo)): boolean {
   return !!(threadInfo && threadInfo.currentUser.subscription.home);
 }
 
 // Can have messages
 function threadInChatList(threadInfo: ?(ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo)): boolean {
   return (
     viewerIsMember(threadInfo) &&
     threadHasPermission(threadInfo, threadPermissions.VISIBLE)
   );
 }
 
 function threadIsTopLevel(threadInfo: ?(ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo)): boolean {
   return threadInChatList(threadInfo) && threadIsChannel(threadInfo);
 }
 
 function threadIsChannel(threadInfo: ?(ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo)): boolean {
   return !!(threadInfo && threadInfo.type !== threadTypes.SIDEBAR);
 }
 
 function threadIsSidebar(threadInfo: ?(ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo)): boolean {
   return threadInfo?.type === threadTypes.SIDEBAR;
 }
 
 function threadInBackgroundChatList(
   threadInfo: ?(ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo),
 ): boolean {
   return threadInChatList(threadInfo) && !threadIsInHome(threadInfo);
 }
 
 function threadInHomeChatList(
   threadInfo: ?(ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo),
 ): boolean {
   return threadInChatList(threadInfo) && threadIsInHome(threadInfo);
 }
 
 // Can have Calendar entries,
 // does appear as a top-level entity in the thread list
 function threadInFilterList(
   threadInfo: ?(ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo),
 ): boolean {
   return (
     threadInChatList(threadInfo) &&
     !!threadInfo &&
     threadInfo.type !== threadTypes.SIDEBAR
   );
 }
 
 function userIsMember(
   threadInfo: ?(ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo),
   userID: string,
 ): boolean {
   if (!threadInfo) {
     return false;
   }
   if (threadInfo.id === genesis.id) {
     return true;
   }
   return threadInfo.members.some(member => member.id === userID && member.role);
 }
 
 function threadActualMembers(
   memberInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<MemberInfo | RelativeMemberInfo>,
 ): $ReadOnlyArray<string> {
   return memberInfos
     .filter(memberInfo => memberInfo.role)
     .map(memberInfo => memberInfo.id);
 }
 
 function threadOtherMembers<T: MemberInfo | RelativeMemberInfo>(
   memberInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<T>,
   viewerID: ?string,
 ): $ReadOnlyArray<T> {
   return memberInfos.filter(
     memberInfo => memberInfo.role && memberInfo.id !== viewerID,
   );
 }
 
 function threadMembersWithoutAddedAshoat<T: ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo>(
   threadInfo: T,
 ): $PropertyType<T, 'members'> {
   if (threadInfo.community !== genesis.id) {
     return threadInfo.members;
   }
   return threadInfo.members.filter(
     member => member.id !== ashoat.id || member.role,
   );
 }
 
 function threadIsGroupChat(threadInfo: ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo): boolean {
   return (
     threadMembersWithoutAddedAshoat(threadInfo).filter(
       member =>
         member.role || member.permissions[threadPermissions.VOICED]?.value,
     ).length > 2
   );
 }
 
 function threadOrParentThreadIsGroupChat(
   threadInfo: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
 ) {
   return threadMembersWithoutAddedAshoat(threadInfo).length > 2;
 }
 
 function threadIsPending(threadID: ?string): boolean {
   return !!threadID?.startsWith('pending');
 }
 
 function getSingleOtherUser(
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo,
   viewerID: ?string,
 ): ?string {
   if (!viewerID) {
     return undefined;
   }
   const otherMembers = threadOtherMembers(threadInfo.members, viewerID);
   if (otherMembers.length !== 1) {
     return undefined;
   }
   return otherMembers[0].id;
 }
 
 function getPendingThreadID(
   threadType: ThreadType,
   memberIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   sourceMessageID: ?string,
 ): string {
   const pendingThreadKey = sourceMessageID
     ? `sidebar/${sourceMessageID}`
     : [...memberIDs].sort().join('+');
   const pendingThreadTypeString = sourceMessageID ? '' : `type${threadType}/`;
   return `pending/${pendingThreadTypeString}${pendingThreadKey}`;
 }
 
 const pendingThreadIDRegex =
   'pending/(type[0-9]+/[0-9]+(\\+[0-9]+)*|sidebar/[0-9]+)';
 
 type PendingThreadIDContents = {
   +threadType: ThreadType,
   +memberIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   +sourceMessageID: ?string,
 };
 
 function parsePendingThreadID(
   pendingThreadID: string,
 ): ?PendingThreadIDContents {
   const pendingRegex = new RegExp(`^${pendingThreadIDRegex}$`);
   const pendingThreadIDMatches = pendingRegex.exec(pendingThreadID);
   if (!pendingThreadIDMatches) {
     return null;
   }
   const [threadTypeString, threadKey] = pendingThreadIDMatches[1].split('/');
   const threadType =
     threadTypeString === 'sidebar'
       ? threadTypes.SIDEBAR
       : assertThreadType(Number(threadTypeString.replace('type', '')));
   const memberIDs = threadTypeString === 'sidebar' ? [] : threadKey.split('+');
   const sourceMessageID = threadTypeString === 'sidebar' ? threadKey : null;
   return {
     threadType,
     memberIDs,
     sourceMessageID,
   };
 }
 
 type CreatePendingThreadArgs = {
   +viewerID: string,
   +threadType: ThreadType,
   +members?: $ReadOnlyArray<GlobalAccountUserInfo | UserInfo>,
   +parentThreadInfo?: ?ThreadInfo,
   +threadColor?: ?string,
   +name?: ?string,
   +sourceMessageID?: string,
 };
 
 function createPendingThread({
   viewerID,
   threadType,
   members,
   parentThreadInfo,
   threadColor,
   name,
   sourceMessageID,
 }: CreatePendingThreadArgs): ThreadInfo {
   const now = Date.now();
   const nonViewerMembers = members
     ? members.filter(member => member.id !== viewerID)
     : [];
   const nonViewerMemberIDs = nonViewerMembers.map(member => member.id);
   const memberIDs = [...nonViewerMemberIDs, viewerID];
   const threadID = getPendingThreadID(threadType, memberIDs, sourceMessageID);
 
   const permissions = {
     [threadPermissions.KNOW_OF]: true,
     [threadPermissions.VISIBLE]: true,
     [threadPermissions.VOICED]: true,
   };
 
   const membershipPermissions = getAllThreadPermissions(
     makePermissionsBlob(permissions, null, threadID, threadType),
     threadID,
   );
   const role = {
     id: `${threadID}/role`,
     name: 'Members',
     permissions,
     isDefault: true,
   };
 
   const rawThreadInfo = {
     id: threadID,
     type: threadType,
     name: name ?? null,
     description: null,
     color: threadColor ?? generatePendingThreadColor(memberIDs),
     creationTime: now,
     parentThreadID: parentThreadInfo?.id ?? null,
     containingThreadID: getContainingThreadID(parentThreadInfo, threadType),
     community: getCommunity(parentThreadInfo),
     members: [
       {
         id: viewerID,
         role: role.id,
         permissions: membershipPermissions,
         isSender: false,
       },
       ...nonViewerMembers.map(member => ({
         id: member.id,
         role: role.id,
         permissions: membershipPermissions,
         isSender: false,
       })),
     ],
     roles: {
       [role.id]: role,
     },
     currentUser: {
       role: role.id,
       permissions: membershipPermissions,
       subscription: {
         pushNotifs: false,
         home: false,
       },
       unread: false,
     },
     repliesCount: 0,
     sourceMessageID,
   };
 
   const userInfos = {};
   nonViewerMembers.forEach(member => (userInfos[member.id] = member));
 
   return threadInfoFromRawThreadInfo(rawThreadInfo, viewerID, userInfos);
 }
 
 function createPendingThreadItem(
   viewerID: string,
   user: GlobalAccountUserInfo,
 ): ChatThreadItem {
   const threadInfo = createPendingThread({
     viewerID,
     threadType: threadTypes.PERSONAL,
     members: [user],
   });
 
   return {
     type: 'chatThreadItem',
     threadInfo,
     mostRecentMessageInfo: null,
     mostRecentNonLocalMessage: null,
     lastUpdatedTime: threadInfo.creationTime,
     lastUpdatedTimeIncludingSidebars: threadInfo.creationTime,
     sidebars: [],
     pendingPersonalThreadUserInfo: {
       id: user.id,
       username: user.username,
     },
   };
 }
 
 type SharedCreatePendingSidebarInput = {
   +sourceMessageInfo: ComposableMessageInfo | RobotextMessageInfo,
   +parentThreadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   +viewerID: string,
 };
 
 type BaseCreatePendingSidebarInput = {
   ...SharedCreatePendingSidebarInput,
   +messageTitle: string,
 };
 function baseCreatePendingSidebar(
   input: BaseCreatePendingSidebarInput,
 ): ThreadInfo {
   const { sourceMessageInfo, parentThreadInfo, viewerID, messageTitle } = input;
   const { color, type: parentThreadType } = parentThreadInfo;
   const threadName = trimText(messageTitle, 30);
 
   const initialMembers = new Map();
   if (userIsMember(parentThreadInfo, sourceMessageInfo.creator.id)) {
     const {
       id: sourceAuthorID,
       username: sourceAuthorUsername,
     } = sourceMessageInfo.creator;
     invariant(
       sourceAuthorUsername,
       'sourceAuthorUsername should be set in createPendingSidebar',
     );
     const initialMemberUserInfo: GlobalAccountUserInfo = {
       id: sourceAuthorID,
       username: sourceAuthorUsername,
     };
     initialMembers.set(sourceAuthorID, initialMemberUserInfo);
   }
   const singleOtherUser = getSingleOtherUser(parentThreadInfo, viewerID);
   if (parentThreadType === threadTypes.PERSONAL && singleOtherUser) {
     const singleOtherUsername = parentThreadInfo.members.find(
       member => member.id === singleOtherUser,
     )?.username;
     invariant(
       singleOtherUsername,
       'singleOtherUsername should be set in createPendingSidebar',
     );
     const singleOtherUserInfo: GlobalAccountUserInfo = {
       id: singleOtherUser,
       username: singleOtherUsername,
     };
     initialMembers.set(singleOtherUser, singleOtherUserInfo);
   }
 
   return createPendingThread({
     viewerID,
     threadType: threadTypes.SIDEBAR,
     members: [...initialMembers.values()],
     parentThreadInfo,
     threadColor: color,
     name: threadName,
     sourceMessageID: sourceMessageInfo.id,
   });
 }
 
 // The message title here may have ETH addresses that aren't resolved to ENS
 // names. This function should only be used in cases where we're sure that we
 // don't care about the thread title. We should prefer createPendingSidebar
 // wherever possible
 type CreateUnresolvedPendingSidebarInput = {
   ...SharedCreatePendingSidebarInput,
   +markdownRules: ParserRules,
 };
 function createUnresolvedPendingSidebar(
   input: CreateUnresolvedPendingSidebarInput,
 ): ThreadInfo {
   const {
     sourceMessageInfo,
     parentThreadInfo,
     viewerID,
     markdownRules,
   } = input;
 
   const messageTitleEntityText = getMessageTitle(
     sourceMessageInfo,
     parentThreadInfo,
     markdownRules,
   );
   const messageTitle = entityTextToRawString(messageTitleEntityText, {
     ignoreViewer: true,
   });
 
   return baseCreatePendingSidebar({
     sourceMessageInfo,
     parentThreadInfo,
     messageTitle,
     viewerID,
   });
 }
 
 type CreatePendingSidebarInput = {
   ...SharedCreatePendingSidebarInput,
   +markdownRules: ParserRules,
   +getENSNames: ?GetENSNames,
 };
 async function createPendingSidebar(
   input: CreatePendingSidebarInput,
 ): Promise<ThreadInfo> {
   const {
     sourceMessageInfo,
     parentThreadInfo,
     viewerID,
     markdownRules,
     getENSNames,
   } = input;
 
   const messageTitleEntityText = getMessageTitle(
     sourceMessageInfo,
     parentThreadInfo,
     markdownRules,
   );
   const messageTitle = await getEntityTextAsString(
     messageTitleEntityText,
     getENSNames,
     { ignoreViewer: true },
   );
   invariant(
     messageTitle !== null && messageTitle !== undefined,
     'getEntityTextAsString only returns falsey when passed falsey',
   );
 
   return baseCreatePendingSidebar({
     sourceMessageInfo,
     parentThreadInfo,
     messageTitle,
     viewerID,
   });
 }
 
 function pendingThreadType(numberOfOtherMembers: number): 4 | 6 | 7 {
   if (numberOfOtherMembers === 0) {
     return threadTypes.PRIVATE;
   } else if (numberOfOtherMembers === 1) {
     return threadTypes.PERSONAL;
   } else {
     return threadTypes.LOCAL;
   }
 }
 
 function threadTypeCanBePending(threadType: ThreadType): boolean {
   return (
     threadType === threadTypes.PERSONAL ||
     threadType === threadTypes.LOCAL ||
     threadType === threadTypes.SIDEBAR ||
     threadType === threadTypes.PRIVATE
   );
 }
 
 type CreateRealThreadParameters = {
   +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   +dispatchActionPromise: DispatchActionPromise,
   +createNewThread: ClientNewThreadRequest => Promise<NewThreadResult>,
   +sourceMessageID: ?string,
   +viewerID: ?string,
   +handleError?: () => mixed,
   +calendarQuery: CalendarQuery,
 };
 async function createRealThreadFromPendingThread({
   threadInfo,
   dispatchActionPromise,
   createNewThread,
   sourceMessageID,
   viewerID,
   calendarQuery,
 }: CreateRealThreadParameters): Promise<string> {
   if (!threadIsPending(threadInfo.id)) {
     return threadInfo.id;
   }
 
   const otherMemberIDs = threadOtherMembers(threadInfo.members, viewerID).map(
     member => member.id,
   );
   let resultPromise;
   if (threadInfo.type !== threadTypes.SIDEBAR) {
     invariant(
       otherMemberIDs.length > 0,
       'otherMemberIDs should not be empty for threads',
     );
     resultPromise = createNewThread({
       type: pendingThreadType(otherMemberIDs.length),
       initialMemberIDs: otherMemberIDs,
       color: threadInfo.color,
       calendarQuery,
     });
   } else {
     invariant(
       sourceMessageID,
       'sourceMessageID should be set when creating a sidebar',
     );
     resultPromise = createNewThread({
       type: threadTypes.SIDEBAR,
       initialMemberIDs: otherMemberIDs,
       color: threadInfo.color,
       sourceMessageID,
       parentThreadID: threadInfo.parentThreadID,
       name: threadInfo.name,
       calendarQuery,
     });
   }
   dispatchActionPromise(newThreadActionTypes, resultPromise);
   const { newThreadID } = await resultPromise;
   return newThreadID;
 }
 
 type RawThreadInfoOptions = {
   +includeVisibilityRules?: ?boolean,
   +filterMemberList?: ?boolean,
   +hideThreadStructure?: ?boolean,
   +shimThreadTypes?: ?{
     +[inType: ThreadType]: ThreadType,
   },
   +filterDetailedThreadEditPermissions?: boolean,
 };
 function rawThreadInfoFromServerThreadInfo(
   serverThreadInfo: ServerThreadInfo,
   viewerID: string,
   options?: RawThreadInfoOptions,
 ): ?RawThreadInfo {
   const includeVisibilityRules = options?.includeVisibilityRules;
   const filterMemberList = options?.filterMemberList;
   const hideThreadStructure = options?.hideThreadStructure;
   const shimThreadTypes = options?.shimThreadTypes;
   const filterDetailedThreadEditPermissions =
     options?.filterDetailedThreadEditPermissions;
 
   const members = [];
   let currentUser;
   for (const serverMember of serverThreadInfo.members) {
     if (
       filterMemberList &&
       serverMember.id !== viewerID &&
       !serverMember.role &&
       !memberHasAdminPowers(serverMember)
     ) {
       continue;
     }
     if (
       serverThreadInfo.id === genesis.id &&
       serverMember.id !== viewerID &&
       serverMember.id !== ashoat.id
     ) {
       continue;
     }
     const memberPermissions = filterThreadEditDetailedPermissions(
       serverMember.permissions,
       filterDetailedThreadEditPermissions,
     );
     members.push({
       id: serverMember.id,
       role: serverMember.role,
       permissions: memberPermissions,
       isSender: serverMember.isSender,
     });
     if (serverMember.id === viewerID) {
       currentUser = {
         role: serverMember.role,
         permissions: memberPermissions,
         subscription: serverMember.subscription,
         unread: serverMember.unread,
       };
     }
   }
 
   let currentUserPermissions;
   if (currentUser) {
     currentUserPermissions = currentUser.permissions;
   } else {
     currentUserPermissions = filterThreadEditDetailedPermissions(
       getAllThreadPermissions(null, serverThreadInfo.id),
       filterDetailedThreadEditPermissions,
     );
     currentUser = {
       role: null,
       permissions: currentUserPermissions,
       subscription: {
         home: false,
         pushNotifs: false,
       },
       unread: null,
     };
   }
   if (!permissionLookup(currentUserPermissions, threadPermissions.KNOW_OF)) {
     return null;
   }
 
   let { type } = serverThreadInfo;
   if (
     shimThreadTypes &&
     shimThreadTypes[type] !== null &&
     shimThreadTypes[type] !== undefined
   ) {
     type = shimThreadTypes[type];
   }
 
   let rawThreadInfo: any = {
     id: serverThreadInfo.id,
     type,
     name: serverThreadInfo.name,
     description: serverThreadInfo.description,
     color: serverThreadInfo.color,
     creationTime: serverThreadInfo.creationTime,
     parentThreadID: serverThreadInfo.parentThreadID,
     members,
     roles: serverThreadInfo.roles,
     currentUser,
     repliesCount: serverThreadInfo.repliesCount,
   };
   if (!hideThreadStructure) {
     rawThreadInfo = {
       ...rawThreadInfo,
       containingThreadID: serverThreadInfo.containingThreadID,
       community: serverThreadInfo.community,
     };
   }
   const sourceMessageID = serverThreadInfo.sourceMessageID;
   if (sourceMessageID) {
     rawThreadInfo = { ...rawThreadInfo, sourceMessageID };
   }
   if (includeVisibilityRules) {
     return {
       ...rawThreadInfo,
       visibilityRules: rawThreadInfo.type,
     };
   }
   return rawThreadInfo;
 }
 
 function filterThreadEditDetailedPermissions(
   permissions: ThreadPermissionsInfo,
   shouldFilter: ?boolean,
 ): ThreadPermissionsInfo {
   if (!shouldFilter) {
     return permissions;
   }
   const {
     edit_thread_color,
     edit_thread_description,
     ...newPermissions
   } = permissions;
   return newPermissions;
 }
 
-function threadUIName(
-  threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
-): string | $ReadOnlyArray<UserEntity> {
+function threadUIName(threadInfo: ThreadInfo): string | ThreadEntity {
   if (threadInfo.name) {
     return firstLine(threadInfo.name);
   }
   const threadMembers = threadInfo.members.filter(
     memberInfo => memberInfo.role,
   );
-  return threadMembers.map(member => ET.user({ userInfo: member }));
+  const memberEntities = threadMembers.map(member =>
+    ET.user({ userInfo: member }),
+  );
+  return {
+    type: 'thread',
+    id: threadInfo.id,
+    name: threadInfo.name,
+    display: 'uiName',
+    uiName: memberEntities,
+  };
 }
 
 function threadInfoFromRawThreadInfo(
   rawThreadInfo: RawThreadInfo,
   viewerID: ?string,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
 ): ThreadInfo {
   let threadInfo: ThreadInfo = {
     id: rawThreadInfo.id,
     type: rawThreadInfo.type,
     name: rawThreadInfo.name,
     uiName: '',
     description: rawThreadInfo.description,
     color: rawThreadInfo.color,
     creationTime: rawThreadInfo.creationTime,
     parentThreadID: rawThreadInfo.parentThreadID,
     containingThreadID: rawThreadInfo.containingThreadID,
     community: rawThreadInfo.community,
     members: getRelativeMemberInfos(rawThreadInfo, viewerID, userInfos),
     roles: rawThreadInfo.roles,
     currentUser: getCurrentUser(rawThreadInfo, viewerID, userInfos),
     repliesCount: rawThreadInfo.repliesCount,
   };
   threadInfo = {
     ...threadInfo,
     uiName: threadUIName(threadInfo),
   };
   const { sourceMessageID } = rawThreadInfo;
   if (sourceMessageID) {
     threadInfo = { ...threadInfo, sourceMessageID };
   }
   return threadInfo;
 }
 
 function getCurrentUser(
   threadInfo: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
   viewerID: ?string,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
 ): ThreadCurrentUserInfo {
   if (!threadFrozenDueToBlock(threadInfo, viewerID, userInfos)) {
     return threadInfo.currentUser;
   }
 
   return {
     ...threadInfo.currentUser,
     permissions: {
       ...threadInfo.currentUser.permissions,
       ...disabledPermissions,
     },
   };
 }
 
 function threadIsWithBlockedUserOnly(
   threadInfo: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
   viewerID: ?string,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
   checkOnlyViewerBlock?: boolean,
 ): boolean {
   if (
     threadOrParentThreadIsGroupChat(threadInfo) ||
     threadOrParentThreadHasAdminRole(threadInfo)
   ) {
     return false;
   }
 
   const otherUserID = getSingleOtherUser(threadInfo, viewerID);
   if (!otherUserID) {
     return false;
   }
   const otherUserRelationshipStatus =
     userInfos[otherUserID]?.relationshipStatus;
 
   if (checkOnlyViewerBlock) {
     return (
       otherUserRelationshipStatus === userRelationshipStatus.BLOCKED_BY_VIEWER
     );
   }
 
   return (
     !!otherUserRelationshipStatus &&
     relationshipBlockedInEitherDirection(otherUserRelationshipStatus)
   );
 }
 
 function threadFrozenDueToBlock(
   threadInfo: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
   viewerID: ?string,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
 ): boolean {
   return threadIsWithBlockedUserOnly(threadInfo, viewerID, userInfos);
 }
 
 function threadFrozenDueToViewerBlock(
   threadInfo: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
   viewerID: ?string,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
 ): boolean {
   return threadIsWithBlockedUserOnly(threadInfo, viewerID, userInfos, true);
 }
 
 function rawThreadInfoFromThreadInfo(threadInfo: ThreadInfo): RawThreadInfo {
   let rawThreadInfo: RawThreadInfo = {
     id: threadInfo.id,
     type: threadInfo.type,
     name: threadInfo.name,
     description: threadInfo.description,
     color: threadInfo.color,
     creationTime: threadInfo.creationTime,
     parentThreadID: threadInfo.parentThreadID,
     containingThreadID: threadInfo.containingThreadID,
     community: threadInfo.community,
     members: threadInfo.members.map(relativeMemberInfo => ({
       id: relativeMemberInfo.id,
       role: relativeMemberInfo.role,
       permissions: relativeMemberInfo.permissions,
       isSender: relativeMemberInfo.isSender,
     })),
     roles: threadInfo.roles,
     currentUser: threadInfo.currentUser,
     repliesCount: threadInfo.repliesCount,
   };
   const { sourceMessageID } = threadInfo;
   if (sourceMessageID) {
     rawThreadInfo = { ...rawThreadInfo, sourceMessageID };
   }
   return rawThreadInfo;
 }
 
 const threadTypeDescriptions: { [ThreadType]: string } = {
   [threadTypes.COMMUNITY_OPEN_SUBTHREAD]:
     'Anybody in the parent channel can see an open subchannel.',
   [threadTypes.COMMUNITY_SECRET_SUBTHREAD]:
     'Only visible to its members and admins of ancestor channels.',
 };
 
 function usersInThreadInfo(threadInfo: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo): string[] {
   const userIDs = new Set();
   for (const member of threadInfo.members) {
     userIDs.add(member.id);
   }
   return [...userIDs];
 }
 
 function memberIsAdmin(
   memberInfo: RelativeMemberInfo | MemberInfo,
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo,
 ): boolean {
   return !!(
     memberInfo.role && roleIsAdminRole(threadInfo.roles[memberInfo.role])
   );
 }
 
 // Since we don't have access to all of the ancestor ThreadInfos, we approximate
 // "parent admin" as anybody with CHANGE_ROLE permissions.
 function memberHasAdminPowers(
   memberInfo: RelativeMemberInfo | MemberInfo | ServerMemberInfo,
 ): boolean {
   return !!memberInfo.permissions[threadPermissions.CHANGE_ROLE]?.value;
 }
 
 function roleIsAdminRole(roleInfo: ?RoleInfo): boolean {
   return !!(roleInfo && !roleInfo.isDefault && roleInfo.name === 'Admins');
 }
 
 function threadHasAdminRole(
   threadInfo: ?(RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo | ServerThreadInfo),
 ): boolean {
   if (!threadInfo) {
     return false;
   }
   return !!_find({ name: 'Admins' })(threadInfo.roles);
 }
 
 function threadOrParentThreadHasAdminRole(
   threadInfo: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
 ) {
   return (
     threadMembersWithoutAddedAshoat(threadInfo).filter(member =>
       memberHasAdminPowers(member),
     ).length > 0
   );
 }
 
 function identifyInvalidatedThreads(
   updateInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientUpdateInfo>,
 ): Set<string> {
   const invalidated = new Set();
   for (const updateInfo of updateInfos) {
     if (updateInfo.type === updateTypes.DELETE_THREAD) {
       invalidated.add(updateInfo.threadID);
     }
   }
   return invalidated;
 }
 
 const permissionsDisabledByBlockArray = [
   threadPermissions.VOICED,
   threadPermissions.EDIT_ENTRIES,
   threadPermissions.EDIT_THREAD_NAME,
   threadPermissions.EDIT_THREAD_COLOR,
   threadPermissions.EDIT_THREAD_DESCRIPTION,
   threadPermissions.CREATE_SUBCHANNELS,
   threadPermissions.CREATE_SIDEBARS,
   threadPermissions.JOIN_THREAD,
   threadPermissions.EDIT_PERMISSIONS,
   threadPermissions.ADD_MEMBERS,
   threadPermissions.REMOVE_MEMBERS,
 ];
 
 const permissionsDisabledByBlock: Set<ThreadPermission> = new Set(
   permissionsDisabledByBlockArray,
 );
 
 const disabledPermissions: ThreadPermissionsInfo = permissionsDisabledByBlockArray.reduce(
   (permissions: ThreadPermissionsInfo, permission: string) => ({
     ...permissions,
     [permission]: { value: false, source: null },
   }),
   {},
 );
 
 // Consider updating itemHeight in native/chat/chat-thread-list.react.js
 // if you change this
 const emptyItemText: string =
   `Background chats are just like normal chats, except they don't ` +
   `contribute to your unread count.\n\n` +
   `To move a chat over here, switch the “Background” option in its settings.`;
 
 function threadNoun(threadType: ThreadType): string {
   if (threadType === threadTypes.SIDEBAR) {
     return 'thread';
   } else if (
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ROOT ||
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ANNOUNCEMENT_ROOT ||
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_OPEN_SUBTHREAD ||
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_OPEN_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD ||
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_SECRET_SUBTHREAD ||
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_SECRET_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD ||
     threadType === threadTypes.GENESIS
   ) {
     return 'channel';
   } else {
     return 'chat';
   }
 }
 
 function threadLabel(threadType: ThreadType): string {
   if (
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_OPEN_SUBTHREAD ||
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_OPEN_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD
   ) {
     return 'Open';
   } else if (threadType === threadTypes.PERSONAL) {
     return 'Personal';
   } else if (threadType === threadTypes.SIDEBAR) {
     return 'Thread';
   } else if (threadType === threadTypes.PRIVATE) {
     return 'Private';
   } else if (
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ROOT ||
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ANNOUNCEMENT_ROOT ||
     threadType === threadTypes.GENESIS
   ) {
     return 'Community';
   } else {
     return 'Secret';
   }
 }
 
 function useWatchThread(threadInfo: ?ThreadInfo) {
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
   const callFetchMostRecentMessages = useServerCall(fetchMostRecentMessages);
 
   const threadID = threadInfo?.id;
   const threadNotInChatList = !threadInChatList(threadInfo);
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (threadID && threadNotInChatList) {
       threadWatcher.watchID(threadID);
       dispatchActionPromise(
         fetchMostRecentMessagesActionTypes,
         callFetchMostRecentMessages(threadID),
       );
     }
     return () => {
       if (threadID && threadNotInChatList) {
         threadWatcher.removeID(threadID);
       }
     };
   }, [
     callFetchMostRecentMessages,
     dispatchActionPromise,
     threadNotInChatList,
     threadID,
   ]);
 }
 
 type ExistingThreadInfoFinderParams = {
   +searching: boolean,
   +userInfoInputArray: $ReadOnlyArray<AccountUserInfo>,
 };
 type ExistingThreadInfoFinder = (
   params: ExistingThreadInfoFinderParams,
 ) => ?ThreadInfo;
 function useExistingThreadInfoFinder(
   baseThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
 ): ExistingThreadInfoFinder {
   const threadInfos = useSelector(threadInfoSelector);
   const viewerID = useSelector(
     state => state.currentUserInfo && state.currentUserInfo.id,
   );
   const userInfos = useSelector(state => state.userStore.userInfos);
 
   const pendingToRealizedThreadIDs = useSelector(state =>
     pendingToRealizedThreadIDsSelector(state.threadStore.threadInfos),
   );
   return React.useCallback(
     (params: ExistingThreadInfoFinderParams): ?ThreadInfo => {
       if (!baseThreadInfo) {
         return null;
       }
 
       const realizedThreadInfo = threadInfos[baseThreadInfo.id];
       if (realizedThreadInfo) {
         return realizedThreadInfo;
       }
 
       if (!viewerID || !threadIsPending(baseThreadInfo.id)) {
         return baseThreadInfo;
       }
 
       invariant(
         threadTypeCanBePending(baseThreadInfo.type),
         `ThreadInfo has pending ID ${baseThreadInfo.id}, but type that ` +
           `should not be pending ${baseThreadInfo.type}`,
       );
 
       const { searching, userInfoInputArray } = params;
 
       const { sourceMessageID } = baseThreadInfo;
       const pendingThreadID = searching
         ? getPendingThreadID(
             pendingThreadType(userInfoInputArray.length),
             [...userInfoInputArray.map(user => user.id), viewerID],
             sourceMessageID,
           )
         : getPendingThreadID(
             baseThreadInfo.type,
             baseThreadInfo.members.map(member => member.id),
             sourceMessageID,
           );
 
       const realizedThreadID = pendingToRealizedThreadIDs.get(pendingThreadID);
       if (realizedThreadID && threadInfos[realizedThreadID]) {
         return threadInfos[realizedThreadID];
       }
 
       const updatedThread = searching
         ? createPendingThread({
             viewerID,
             threadType: pendingThreadType(userInfoInputArray.length),
             members: userInfoInputArray,
           })
         : baseThreadInfo;
       return {
         ...updatedThread,
         currentUser: getCurrentUser(updatedThread, viewerID, userInfos),
       };
     },
     [
       baseThreadInfo,
       threadInfos,
       viewerID,
       pendingToRealizedThreadIDs,
       userInfos,
     ],
   );
 }
 
 type ThreadTypeParentRequirement = 'optional' | 'required' | 'disabled';
 function getThreadTypeParentRequirement(
   threadType: ThreadType,
 ): ThreadTypeParentRequirement {
   if (
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_OPEN_SUBTHREAD ||
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_OPEN_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD ||
     //threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_SECRET_SUBTHREAD ||
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_SECRET_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD ||
     threadType === threadTypes.SIDEBAR
   ) {
     return 'required';
   } else if (
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ROOT ||
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ANNOUNCEMENT_ROOT ||
     threadType === threadTypes.GENESIS ||
     threadType === threadTypes.PERSONAL ||
     threadType === threadTypes.PRIVATE
   ) {
     return 'disabled';
   } else {
     return 'optional';
   }
 }
 
 function threadMemberHasPermission(
   threadInfo: ServerThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
   memberID: string,
   permission: ThreadPermission,
 ): boolean {
   for (const member of threadInfo.members) {
     if (member.id !== memberID) {
       continue;
     }
     return permissionLookup(member.permissions, permission);
   }
   return false;
 }
 
 function useCanCreateSidebarFromMessage(
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   messageInfo: ComposableMessageInfo | RobotextMessageInfo,
 ): boolean {
   const messageCreatorUserInfo = useSelector(
     state => state.userStore.userInfos[messageInfo.creator.id],
   );
 
   if (!messageInfo.id || threadInfo.sourceMessageID === messageInfo.id) {
     return false;
   }
 
   const messageCreatorRelationship = messageCreatorUserInfo?.relationshipStatus;
   const creatorRelationshipHasBlock =
     messageCreatorRelationship &&
     relationshipBlockedInEitherDirection(messageCreatorRelationship);
 
   const hasPermission = threadHasPermission(
     threadInfo,
     threadPermissions.CREATE_SIDEBARS,
   );
 
   return hasPermission && !creatorRelationshipHasBlock;
 }
 
 function useSidebarExistsOrCanBeCreated(
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   messageItem: ChatMessageInfoItem,
 ): boolean {
   const canCreateSidebarFromMessage = useCanCreateSidebarFromMessage(
     threadInfo,
     messageItem.messageInfo,
   );
   return !!messageItem.threadCreatedFromMessage || canCreateSidebarFromMessage;
 }
 
 function checkIfDefaultMembersAreVoiced(threadInfo: ThreadInfo): boolean {
   const defaultRoleID = Object.keys(threadInfo.roles).find(
     roleID => threadInfo.roles[roleID].isDefault,
   );
   invariant(
     defaultRoleID !== undefined,
     'all threads should have a default role',
   );
   const defaultRole = threadInfo.roles[defaultRoleID];
   return !!defaultRole.permissions[threadPermissions.VOICED];
 }
 
 function draftKeyFromThreadID(threadID: string): string {
   return `${threadID}/message_composer`;
 }
 
 function getContainingThreadID(
   parentThreadInfo: ?ServerThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
   threadType: ThreadType,
 ): ?string {
   if (!parentThreadInfo) {
     return null;
   }
   if (threadType === threadTypes.SIDEBAR) {
     return parentThreadInfo.id;
   }
   if (!parentThreadInfo.containingThreadID) {
     return parentThreadInfo.id;
   }
   return parentThreadInfo.containingThreadID;
 }
 
 function getCommunity(
   parentThreadInfo: ?ServerThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
 ): ?string {
   if (!parentThreadInfo) {
     return null;
   }
   const { id, community, type } = parentThreadInfo;
   if (community !== null && community !== undefined) {
     return community;
   }
   if (threadTypeIsCommunityRoot(type)) {
     return id;
   }
   return null;
 }
 
 function getThreadListSearchResults(
   chatListData: $ReadOnlyArray<ChatThreadItem>,
   searchText: string,
   threadFilter: ThreadInfo => boolean,
   threadSearchResults: $ReadOnlySet<string>,
   usersSearchResults: $ReadOnlyArray<GlobalAccountUserInfo>,
   viewerID: ?string,
 ): $ReadOnlyArray<ChatThreadItem> {
   if (!searchText) {
     return chatListData.filter(
       item =>
         threadIsTopLevel(item.threadInfo) && threadFilter(item.threadInfo),
     );
   }
 
   const privateThreads = [];
   const personalThreads = [];
   const otherThreads = [];
   for (const item of chatListData) {
     if (!threadSearchResults.has(item.threadInfo.id)) {
       continue;
     }
     if (item.threadInfo.type === threadTypes.PRIVATE) {
       privateThreads.push({ ...item, sidebars: [] });
     } else if (item.threadInfo.type === threadTypes.PERSONAL) {
       personalThreads.push({ ...item, sidebars: [] });
     } else {
       otherThreads.push({ ...item, sidebars: [] });
     }
   }
 
   const chatItems = [...privateThreads, ...personalThreads, ...otherThreads];
   if (viewerID) {
     chatItems.push(
       ...usersSearchResults.map(user =>
         createPendingThreadItem(viewerID, user),
       ),
     );
   }
   return chatItems;
 }
 
 type ThreadListSearchResult = {
   +threadSearchResults: $ReadOnlySet<string>,
   +usersSearchResults: $ReadOnlyArray<GlobalAccountUserInfo>,
 };
 function useThreadListSearch(
   chatListData: $ReadOnlyArray<ChatThreadItem>,
   searchText: string,
   viewerID: ?string,
 ): ThreadListSearchResult {
   const callSearchUsers = useServerCall(searchUserCall);
   const usersWithPersonalThread = useSelector(usersWithPersonalThreadSelector);
   const searchUsers = React.useCallback(
     async (usernamePrefix: string) => {
       if (usernamePrefix.length === 0) {
         return [];
       }
 
       const { userInfos } = await callSearchUsers(usernamePrefix);
       return userInfos.filter(
         info => !usersWithPersonalThread.has(info.id) && info.id !== viewerID,
       );
     },
     [callSearchUsers, usersWithPersonalThread, viewerID],
   );
 
   const [threadSearchResults, setThreadSearchResults] = React.useState(
     new Set(),
   );
   const [usersSearchResults, setUsersSearchResults] = React.useState([]);
   const threadSearchIndex = useGlobalThreadSearchIndex();
   React.useEffect(() => {
     (async () => {
       const results = threadSearchIndex.getSearchResults(searchText);
       setThreadSearchResults(new Set(results));
       const usersResults = await searchUsers(searchText);
       setUsersSearchResults(usersResults);
     })();
   }, [searchText, chatListData, threadSearchIndex, searchUsers]);
 
   return { threadSearchResults, usersSearchResults };
 }
 
 function removeMemberFromThread(
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   memberInfo: RelativeMemberInfo,
   dispatchActionPromise: DispatchActionPromise,
   removeUserFromThreadServerCall: (
     threadID: string,
     memberIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   ) => Promise<ChangeThreadSettingsPayload>,
 ) {
   const customKeyName = `${removeUsersFromThreadActionTypes.started}:${memberInfo.id}`;
   dispatchActionPromise(
     removeUsersFromThreadActionTypes,
     removeUserFromThreadServerCall(threadInfo.id, [memberInfo.id]),
     { customKeyName },
   );
 }
 
 function switchMemberAdminRoleInThread(
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   memberInfo: RelativeMemberInfo,
   isCurrentlyAdmin: boolean,
   dispatchActionPromise: DispatchActionPromise,
   changeUserRoleServerCall: (
     threadID: string,
     memberIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
     newRole: string,
   ) => Promise<ChangeThreadSettingsPayload>,
 ) {
   let newRole = null;
   for (const roleID in threadInfo.roles) {
     const role = threadInfo.roles[roleID];
     if (isCurrentlyAdmin && role.isDefault) {
       newRole = role.id;
       break;
     } else if (!isCurrentlyAdmin && roleIsAdminRole(role)) {
       newRole = role.id;
       break;
     }
   }
   invariant(newRole !== null, 'Could not find new role');
 
   const customKeyName = `${changeThreadMemberRolesActionTypes.started}:${memberInfo.id}`;
   dispatchActionPromise(
     changeThreadMemberRolesActionTypes,
     changeUserRoleServerCall(threadInfo.id, [memberInfo.id], newRole),
     { customKeyName },
   );
 }
 
 function getAvailableThreadMemberActions(
   memberInfo: RelativeMemberInfo,
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   canEdit: ?boolean = true,
 ): $ReadOnlyArray<'remove_user' | 'remove_admin' | 'make_admin'> {
   const role = memberInfo.role;
   if (!canEdit || !role) {
     return [];
   }
 
   const canRemoveMembers = threadHasPermission(
     threadInfo,
     threadPermissions.REMOVE_MEMBERS,
   );
   const canChangeRoles = threadHasPermission(
     threadInfo,
     threadPermissions.CHANGE_ROLE,
   );
 
   const result = [];
   if (
     canRemoveMembers &&
     !memberInfo.isViewer &&
     (canChangeRoles || threadInfo.roles[role]?.isDefault)
   ) {
     result.push('remove_user');
   }
 
   if (canChangeRoles && memberInfo.username && threadHasAdminRole(threadInfo)) {
     result.push(
       memberIsAdmin(memberInfo, threadInfo) ? 'remove_admin' : 'make_admin',
     );
   }
 
   return result;
 }
 
 export {
   colorIsDark,
   generateRandomColor,
   generatePendingThreadColor,
   threadHasPermission,
   viewerIsMember,
   threadInChatList,
   threadIsTopLevel,
   threadIsChannel,
   threadIsSidebar,
   threadInBackgroundChatList,
   threadInHomeChatList,
   threadIsInHome,
   threadInFilterList,
   userIsMember,
   threadActualMembers,
   threadOtherMembers,
   threadIsGroupChat,
   threadIsPending,
   getSingleOtherUser,
   getPendingThreadID,
   pendingThreadIDRegex,
   parsePendingThreadID,
   createPendingThread,
   createUnresolvedPendingSidebar,
   createPendingSidebar,
   pendingThreadType,
   createRealThreadFromPendingThread,
   getCurrentUser,
   threadFrozenDueToBlock,
   threadFrozenDueToViewerBlock,
   rawThreadInfoFromServerThreadInfo,
   filterThreadEditDetailedPermissions,
   threadUIName,
   threadInfoFromRawThreadInfo,
   rawThreadInfoFromThreadInfo,
   threadTypeDescriptions,
   usersInThreadInfo,
   memberIsAdmin,
   memberHasAdminPowers,
   roleIsAdminRole,
   threadHasAdminRole,
   identifyInvalidatedThreads,
   permissionsDisabledByBlock,
   emptyItemText,
   threadNoun,
   threadLabel,
   useWatchThread,
   useExistingThreadInfoFinder,
   getThreadTypeParentRequirement,
   threadMemberHasPermission,
   useCanCreateSidebarFromMessage,
   useSidebarExistsOrCanBeCreated,
   checkIfDefaultMembersAreVoiced,
   draftKeyFromThreadID,
   threadTypeCanBePending,
   getContainingThreadID,
   getCommunity,
   getThreadListSearchResults,
   useThreadListSearch,
   removeMemberFromThread,
   switchMemberAdminRoleInThread,
   getAvailableThreadMemberActions,
   selectedThreadColors,
   threadMembersWithoutAddedAshoat,
 };
diff --git a/lib/types/notif-types.js b/lib/types/notif-types.js
index 071dec00b..9d60b40ca 100644
--- a/lib/types/notif-types.js
+++ b/lib/types/notif-types.js
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 // @flow
 
-import type { EntityText, UserEntity } from '../utils/entity-text.js';
+import type { EntityText, ThreadEntity } from '../utils/entity-text.js';
 
 export type NotifTexts = {
   +merged: string | EntityText,
   +body: string | EntityText,
-  +title: string | $ReadOnlyArray<UserEntity>,
+  +title: string | ThreadEntity,
   +prefix?: string | EntityText,
 };
 
 export type ResolvedNotifTexts = {
   +merged: string,
   +body: string,
   +title: string,
   +prefix?: string,
 };
diff --git a/lib/types/thread-types.js b/lib/types/thread-types.js
index ba203dc08..da8589ba1 100644
--- a/lib/types/thread-types.js
+++ b/lib/types/thread-types.js
@@ -1,468 +1,468 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 
 import type { Shape } from './core.js';
 import type { CalendarQuery, RawEntryInfo } from './entry-types.js';
 import type {
   RawMessageInfo,
   MessageTruncationStatuses,
 } from './message-types.js';
 import type { ThreadSubscription } from './subscription-types.js';
 import type { ServerUpdateInfo, ClientUpdateInfo } from './update-types.js';
 import type { UserInfo, UserInfos } from './user-types.js';
-import type { UserEntity } from '../utils/entity-text.js';
+import type { ThreadEntity } from '../utils/entity-text.js';
 
 export const threadTypes = Object.freeze({
   //OPEN: 0,   (DEPRECATED)
   //CLOSED: 1, (DEPRECATED)
   //SECRET: 2, (DEPRECATED)
   // has parent, not top-level (appears under parent in inbox), and visible to
   // all members of parent
   SIDEBAR: 5,
   // canonical thread for each pair of users. represents the friendship
   PERSONAL: 6,
   // canonical thread for each single user
   PRIVATE: 7,
   // local "thick" thread (outside of community). no parent, can only have
   // sidebar children. currently a proxy for COMMUNITY_SECRET_SUBTHREAD until we
   // launch actual E2E
   LOCAL: 4,
   // aka "org". no parent, top-level, has admin
   COMMUNITY_ROOT: 8,
   // like COMMUNITY_ROOT, but members aren't voiced
   COMMUNITY_ANNOUNCEMENT_ROOT: 9,
   // an open subthread. has parent, top-level (not sidebar), and visible to all
   // members of parent. root ancestor is a COMMUNITY_ROOT
   COMMUNITY_OPEN_SUBTHREAD: 3,
   // like COMMUNITY_SECRET_SUBTHREAD, but members aren't voiced
   COMMUNITY_OPEN_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD: 10,
   // a secret subthread. optional parent, top-level (not sidebar), visible only
   // to its members. root ancestor is a COMMUNITY_ROOT
   COMMUNITY_SECRET_SUBTHREAD: 4,
   // like COMMUNITY_SECRET_SUBTHREAD, but members aren't voiced
   COMMUNITY_SECRET_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD: 11,
   // like COMMUNITY_SECRET_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD, but you can't leave
   GENESIS: 12,
 });
 export type ThreadType = $Values<typeof threadTypes>;
 export function assertThreadType(threadType: number): ThreadType {
   invariant(
     threadType === 3 ||
       threadType === 4 ||
       threadType === 5 ||
       threadType === 6 ||
       threadType === 7 ||
       threadType === 8 ||
       threadType === 9 ||
       threadType === 10 ||
       threadType === 11 ||
       threadType === 12,
     'number is not ThreadType enum',
   );
   return threadType;
 }
 export const communityThreadTypes: $ReadOnlyArray<number> = Object.freeze([
   threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ROOT,
   threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ANNOUNCEMENT_ROOT,
   threadTypes.GENESIS,
 ]);
 
 export const communitySubthreads: $ReadOnlyArray<number> = Object.freeze([
   threadTypes.COMMUNITY_OPEN_SUBTHREAD,
   threadTypes.COMMUNITY_OPEN_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD,
   threadTypes.COMMUNITY_SECRET_SUBTHREAD,
   threadTypes.COMMUNITY_SECRET_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD,
 ]);
 
 export function threadTypeIsCommunityRoot(threadType: ThreadType): boolean {
   return communityThreadTypes.includes(threadType);
 }
 
 export const threadPermissions = Object.freeze({
   KNOW_OF: 'know_of',
   MEMBERSHIP_DEPRECATED: 'membership',
   VISIBLE: 'visible',
   VOICED: 'voiced',
   EDIT_ENTRIES: 'edit_entries',
   EDIT_THREAD_NAME: 'edit_thread',
   EDIT_THREAD_DESCRIPTION: 'edit_thread_description',
   EDIT_THREAD_COLOR: 'edit_thread_color',
   DELETE_THREAD: 'delete_thread',
   CREATE_SUBCHANNELS: 'create_subthreads',
   CREATE_SIDEBARS: 'create_sidebars',
   JOIN_THREAD: 'join_thread',
   EDIT_PERMISSIONS: 'edit_permissions',
   ADD_MEMBERS: 'add_members',
   REMOVE_MEMBERS: 'remove_members',
   CHANGE_ROLE: 'change_role',
   LEAVE_THREAD: 'leave_thread',
 });
 export type ThreadPermission = $Values<typeof threadPermissions>;
 export function assertThreadPermissions(
   ourThreadPermissions: string,
 ): ThreadPermission {
   invariant(
     ourThreadPermissions === 'know_of' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'membership' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'visible' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'voiced' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'edit_entries' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'edit_thread' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'edit_thread_description' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'edit_thread_color' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'delete_thread' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'create_subthreads' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'create_sidebars' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'join_thread' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'edit_permissions' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'add_members' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'remove_members' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'change_role' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'leave_thread',
     'string is not threadPermissions enum',
   );
   return ourThreadPermissions;
 }
 
 export const threadPermissionPropagationPrefixes = Object.freeze({
   DESCENDANT: 'descendant_',
   CHILD: 'child_',
 });
 export type ThreadPermissionPropagationPrefix = $Values<
   typeof threadPermissionPropagationPrefixes,
 >;
 
 export const threadPermissionFilterPrefixes = Object.freeze({
   // includes only SIDEBAR, COMMUNITY_OPEN_SUBTHREAD,
   // COMMUNITY_OPEN_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD
   OPEN: 'open_',
   // excludes only SIDEBAR
   TOP_LEVEL: 'toplevel_',
   // includes only COMMUNITY_OPEN_SUBTHREAD,
   // COMMUNITY_OPEN_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD
   OPEN_TOP_LEVEL: 'opentoplevel_',
 });
 export type ThreadPermissionFilterPrefix = $Values<
   typeof threadPermissionFilterPrefixes,
 >;
 
 export type ThreadPermissionInfo =
   | { +value: true, +source: string }
   | { +value: false, +source: null };
 
 export type ThreadPermissionsBlob = {
   +[permission: string]: ThreadPermissionInfo,
 };
 export type ThreadRolePermissionsBlob = { +[permission: string]: boolean };
 
 export type ThreadPermissionsInfo = {
   +[permission: ThreadPermission]: ThreadPermissionInfo,
 };
 
 export type MemberInfo = {
   +id: string,
   +role: ?string,
   +permissions: ThreadPermissionsInfo,
   +isSender: boolean,
 };
 
 export type RelativeMemberInfo = {
   ...MemberInfo,
   +username: ?string,
   +isViewer: boolean,
 };
 
 export type RoleInfo = {
   +id: string,
   +name: string,
   +permissions: ThreadRolePermissionsBlob,
   +isDefault: boolean,
 };
 
 export type ThreadCurrentUserInfo = {
   +role: ?string,
   +permissions: ThreadPermissionsInfo,
   +subscription: ThreadSubscription,
   +unread: ?boolean,
 };
 
 export type RawThreadInfo = {
   +id: string,
   +type: ThreadType,
   +name: ?string,
   +description: ?string,
   +color: string, // hex, without "#" or "0x"
   +creationTime: number, // millisecond timestamp
   +parentThreadID: ?string,
   +containingThreadID: ?string,
   +community: ?string,
   +members: $ReadOnlyArray<MemberInfo>,
   +roles: { [id: string]: RoleInfo },
   +currentUser: ThreadCurrentUserInfo,
   +sourceMessageID?: string,
   +repliesCount: number,
 };
 
 export type ThreadInfo = {
   +id: string,
   +type: ThreadType,
   +name: ?string,
-  +uiName: string | $ReadOnlyArray<UserEntity>,
+  +uiName: string | ThreadEntity,
   +description: ?string,
   +color: string, // hex, without "#" or "0x"
   +creationTime: number, // millisecond timestamp
   +parentThreadID: ?string,
   +containingThreadID: ?string,
   +community: ?string,
   +members: $ReadOnlyArray<RelativeMemberInfo>,
   +roles: { [id: string]: RoleInfo },
   +currentUser: ThreadCurrentUserInfo,
   +sourceMessageID?: string,
   +repliesCount: number,
 };
 
 export type ResolvedThreadInfo = {
   +id: string,
   +type: ThreadType,
   +name: ?string,
   +uiName: string,
   +description: ?string,
   +color: string, // hex, without "#" or "0x"
   +creationTime: number, // millisecond timestamp
   +parentThreadID: ?string,
   +containingThreadID: ?string,
   +community: ?string,
   +members: $ReadOnlyArray<RelativeMemberInfo>,
   +roles: { [id: string]: RoleInfo },
   +currentUser: ThreadCurrentUserInfo,
   +sourceMessageID?: string,
   +repliesCount: number,
 };
 
 export type ServerMemberInfo = {
   +id: string,
   +role: ?string,
   +permissions: ThreadPermissionsInfo,
   +subscription: ThreadSubscription,
   +unread: ?boolean,
   +isSender: boolean,
 };
 
 export type ServerThreadInfo = {
   +id: string,
   +type: ThreadType,
   +name: ?string,
   +description: ?string,
   +color: string, // hex, without "#" or "0x"
   +creationTime: number, // millisecond timestamp
   +parentThreadID: ?string,
   +containingThreadID: ?string,
   +community: ?string,
   +depth: number,
   +members: $ReadOnlyArray<ServerMemberInfo>,
   +roles: { [id: string]: RoleInfo },
   +sourceMessageID?: string,
   +repliesCount: number,
 };
 
 export type ThreadStore = {
   +threadInfos: { +[id: string]: RawThreadInfo },
 };
 
 export type RemoveThreadOperation = {
   +type: 'remove',
   +payload: { +ids: $ReadOnlyArray<string> },
 };
 
 export type RemoveAllThreadsOperation = {
   +type: 'remove_all',
 };
 
 export type ReplaceThreadOperation = {
   +type: 'replace',
   +payload: { +id: string, +threadInfo: RawThreadInfo },
 };
 
 export type ThreadStoreOperation =
   | RemoveThreadOperation
   | RemoveAllThreadsOperation
   | ReplaceThreadOperation;
 
 export type ClientDBThreadInfo = {
   +id: string,
   +type: number,
   +name: ?string,
   +description: ?string,
   +color: string,
   +creationTime: string,
   +parentThreadID: ?string,
   +containingThreadID: ?string,
   +community: ?string,
   +members: string,
   +roles: string,
   +currentUser: string,
   +sourceMessageID?: string,
   +repliesCount: number,
 };
 
 export type ClientDBReplaceThreadOperation = {
   +type: 'replace',
   +payload: ClientDBThreadInfo,
 };
 
 export type ClientDBThreadStoreOperation =
   | RemoveThreadOperation
   | RemoveAllThreadsOperation
   | ClientDBReplaceThreadOperation;
 
 export type ThreadDeletionRequest = {
   +threadID: string,
   +accountPassword: ?string,
 };
 
 export type RemoveMembersRequest = {
   +threadID: string,
   +memberIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 };
 
 export type RoleChangeRequest = {
   +threadID: string,
   +memberIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   +role: string,
 };
 
 export type ChangeThreadSettingsResult = {
   +threadInfo?: RawThreadInfo,
   +threadInfos?: { +[id: string]: RawThreadInfo },
   +updatesResult: {
     +newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ServerUpdateInfo>,
   },
   +newMessageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<RawMessageInfo>,
 };
 
 export type ChangeThreadSettingsPayload = {
   +threadID: string,
   +updatesResult: {
     +newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientUpdateInfo>,
   },
   +newMessageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<RawMessageInfo>,
 };
 
 export type LeaveThreadRequest = {
   +threadID: string,
 };
 export type LeaveThreadResult = {
   +threadInfos?: { +[id: string]: RawThreadInfo },
   +updatesResult: {
     +newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ServerUpdateInfo>,
   },
 };
 
 export type LeaveThreadPayload = {
   +updatesResult: {
     +newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientUpdateInfo>,
   },
 };
 
 export type ThreadChanges = Shape<{
   +type: ThreadType,
   +name: string,
   +description: string,
   +color: string,
   +parentThreadID: ?string,
   +newMemberIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 }>;
 
 export type UpdateThreadRequest = {
   +threadID: string,
   +changes: ThreadChanges,
 };
 
 export type BaseNewThreadRequest = {
   +id?: ?string,
   +name?: ?string,
   +description?: ?string,
   +color?: ?string,
   +parentThreadID?: ?string,
   +initialMemberIDs?: ?$ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   +ghostMemberIDs?: ?$ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 };
 type NewThreadRequest =
   | {
       +type: 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12,
       ...BaseNewThreadRequest,
     }
   | {
       +type: 5,
       +sourceMessageID: string,
       ...BaseNewThreadRequest,
     };
 
 export type ClientNewThreadRequest = {
   ...NewThreadRequest,
   +calendarQuery: CalendarQuery,
 };
 export type ServerNewThreadRequest = {
   ...NewThreadRequest,
   +calendarQuery?: ?CalendarQuery,
 };
 
 export type NewThreadResponse = {
   +updatesResult: {
     +newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ServerUpdateInfo>,
   },
   +newMessageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<RawMessageInfo>,
   +newThreadInfo?: RawThreadInfo,
   +userInfos: UserInfos,
   +newThreadID?: string,
 };
 export type NewThreadResult = {
   +updatesResult: {
     +newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientUpdateInfo>,
   },
   +newMessageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<RawMessageInfo>,
   +userInfos: UserInfos,
   +newThreadID: string,
 };
 
 export type ServerThreadJoinRequest = {
   +threadID: string,
   +calendarQuery?: ?CalendarQuery,
 };
 export type ClientThreadJoinRequest = {
   +threadID: string,
   +calendarQuery: CalendarQuery,
 };
 export type ThreadJoinResult = {
   threadInfos?: { +[id: string]: RawThreadInfo },
   updatesResult: {
     newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ServerUpdateInfo>,
   },
   rawMessageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<RawMessageInfo>,
   truncationStatuses: MessageTruncationStatuses,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
   rawEntryInfos?: ?$ReadOnlyArray<RawEntryInfo>,
 };
 export type ThreadJoinPayload = {
   +updatesResult: {
     newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientUpdateInfo>,
   },
   +rawMessageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<RawMessageInfo>,
   +truncationStatuses: MessageTruncationStatuses,
   +userInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<UserInfo>,
 };
 
 export type SidebarInfo = {
   +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   +lastUpdatedTime: number,
   +mostRecentNonLocalMessage: ?string,
 };
 
 // We can show a max of 3 sidebars inline underneath their parent in the chat
 // tab. If there are more, we show a button that opens a modal to see the rest
 export const maxReadSidebars = 3;
 
 // We can show a max of 5 sidebars inline underneath their parent
 // in the chat tab if every one of the displayed sidebars is unread
 export const maxUnreadSidebars = 5;
diff --git a/lib/utils/entity-helpers.js b/lib/utils/entity-helpers.js
index 679d7dd2a..39aa8d6c7 100644
--- a/lib/utils/entity-helpers.js
+++ b/lib/utils/entity-helpers.js
@@ -1,124 +1,121 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import {
   ET,
   useENSNamesForEntityText,
   entityTextToRawString,
 } from './entity-text.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo, ResolvedThreadInfo } from '../types/thread-types.js';
 import { values } from '../utils/objects.js';
 
 function useResolvedThreadInfos(
   threadInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<ThreadInfo>,
 ): $ReadOnlyArray<ResolvedThreadInfo> {
   const entityText = React.useMemo(
-    () =>
-      threadInfos.map(threadInfo =>
-        ET.thread({ display: 'uiName', threadInfo }),
-      ),
+    () => threadInfos.map(threadInfo => threadInfo.uiName),
     [threadInfos],
   );
   const withENSNames = useENSNamesForEntityText(entityText);
   invariant(
     withENSNames,
     'useENSNamesForEntityText only returns falsey when passed falsey',
   );
   return React.useMemo(
     () =>
       threadInfos.map((threadInfo, i) => {
         if (typeof threadInfo.uiName === 'string') {
           // Flow wants return { ...threadInfo, uiName: threadInfo.uiName }
           // but that's wasteful and unneeded, so we any-cast here
           return (threadInfo: any);
         }
         const resolvedThreadEntity = withENSNames[i];
         return {
           ...threadInfo,
           uiName: entityTextToRawString([resolvedThreadEntity]),
         };
       }),
     [threadInfos, withENSNames],
   );
 }
 
 function useResolvedOptionalThreadInfos(
   threadInfos: ?$ReadOnlyArray<ThreadInfo>,
 ): ?$ReadOnlyArray<ResolvedThreadInfo> {
   const entityText = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!threadInfos) {
       return null;
     }
     return threadInfos.map(threadInfo =>
       ET.thread({ display: 'uiName', threadInfo }),
     );
   }, [threadInfos]);
   const withENSNames = useENSNamesForEntityText(entityText);
   return React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!threadInfos) {
       return threadInfos;
     }
     invariant(
       withENSNames,
       'useENSNamesForEntityText only returns falsey when passed falsey',
     );
     return threadInfos.map((threadInfo, i) => {
       if (typeof threadInfo.uiName === 'string') {
         // Flow wants return { ...threadInfo, uiName: threadInfo.uiName }
         // but that's wasteful and unneeded, so we any-cast here
         return (threadInfo: any);
       }
       const resolvedThreadEntity = withENSNames[i];
       return {
         ...threadInfo,
         uiName: entityTextToRawString([resolvedThreadEntity]),
       };
     });
   }, [threadInfos, withENSNames]);
 }
 
 function useResolvedThreadInfosObj(threadInfosObj: {
   +[id: string]: ThreadInfo,
 }): { +[id: string]: ResolvedThreadInfo } {
   const threadInfosArray = React.useMemo(() => values(threadInfosObj), [
     threadInfosObj,
   ]);
   const resolvedThreadInfosArray = useResolvedThreadInfos(threadInfosArray);
   return React.useMemo(() => {
     const obj = {};
     for (const resolvedThreadInfo of resolvedThreadInfosArray) {
       obj[resolvedThreadInfo.id] = resolvedThreadInfo;
     }
     return obj;
   }, [resolvedThreadInfosArray]);
 }
 
 function useResolvedThreadInfo(threadInfo: ThreadInfo): ResolvedThreadInfo {
   const resolutionInput = React.useMemo(() => [threadInfo], [threadInfo]);
   const [resolvedThreadInfo] = useResolvedThreadInfos(resolutionInput);
   return resolvedThreadInfo;
 }
 
 function useResolvedOptionalThreadInfo(
   threadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
 ): ?ResolvedThreadInfo {
   const resolutionInput = React.useMemo(
     () => (threadInfo ? [threadInfo] : []),
     [threadInfo],
   );
   const [resolvedThreadInfo] = useResolvedThreadInfos(resolutionInput);
   if (!threadInfo) {
     return threadInfo;
   }
   return resolvedThreadInfo;
 }
 
 export {
   useResolvedThreadInfos,
   useResolvedOptionalThreadInfos,
   useResolvedThreadInfosObj,
   useResolvedThreadInfo,
   useResolvedOptionalThreadInfo,
 };
diff --git a/lib/utils/entity-text.js b/lib/utils/entity-text.js
index 384b43e18..eaeb3a188 100644
--- a/lib/utils/entity-text.js
+++ b/lib/utils/entity-text.js
@@ -1,517 +1,520 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import type { GetENSNames } from './ens-helpers.js';
 import { useENSNames } from '../hooks/ens-cache.js';
 import { threadNoun } from '../shared/thread-utils.js';
 import { stringForUser } from '../shared/user-utils.js';
 import {
   threadTypes,
   type ThreadType,
   type RawThreadInfo,
   type ThreadInfo,
 } from '../types/thread-types.js';
 import { basePluralize } from '../utils/text-utils.js';
 
-export type UserEntity = {
+type UserEntity = {
   +type: 'user',
   +id: string,
   +username?: ?string,
   +isViewer?: ?boolean,
   +possessive?: ?boolean, // eg. `user's` instead of `user`
 };
 
 // Comments explain how thread name will appear from user4's perspective
-type ThreadEntity =
+export type ThreadEntity =
   | {
       +type: 'thread',
       +id: string,
       +name?: ?string,
       // displays threadInfo.name if set, or 'user1, user2, and user3'
       +display: 'uiName',
       // If uiName is EntityText, then at render time ThreadEntity will be
       // replaced with a pluralized list of uiName's UserEntities
       +uiName: $ReadOnlyArray<UserEntity> | string,
     }
   | {
       +type: 'thread',
       +id: string,
       +name?: ?string,
       // displays threadInfo.name if set, or eg. 'this thread' or 'this chat'
       +display: 'shortName',
       +threadType?: ?ThreadType,
       +alwaysDisplayShortName?: ?boolean, // don't default to name
       +subchannel?: ?boolean, // short name should be "subchannel"
       +possessive?: ?boolean, // eg. `this thread's` instead of `this thread`
     };
 
 type ColorEntity = {
   +type: 'color',
   +hex: string,
 };
 
 type EntityTextComponent = UserEntity | ThreadEntity | ColorEntity | string;
 
 export type EntityText = $ReadOnlyArray<EntityTextComponent>;
 
 const entityTextFunction = (
   strings: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   ...entities: $ReadOnlyArray<EntityTextComponent | EntityText>
 ) => {
   const result = [];
   for (let i = 0; i < strings.length; i++) {
     const str = strings[i];
     if (str) {
       result.push(str);
     }
     const entity = entities[i];
     if (!entity) {
       continue;
     }
 
     if (typeof entity === 'string') {
       const lastResult = result.length > 0 && result[result.length - 1];
       if (typeof lastResult === 'string') {
         result[result.length - 1] = lastResult + entity;
       } else {
         result.push(entity);
       }
     } else if (Array.isArray(entity)) {
       const [firstEntity, ...restOfEntity] = entity;
       const lastResult = result.length > 0 && result[result.length - 1];
       if (typeof lastResult === 'string' && typeof firstEntity === 'string') {
         result[result.length - 1] = lastResult + firstEntity;
       } else if (firstEntity) {
         result.push(firstEntity);
       }
       result.push(...restOfEntity);
     } else {
       result.push(entity);
     }
   }
   return result;
 };
 
 // defaults to shortName
 type EntityTextThreadInput =
   | {
       +display: 'uiName',
       +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
     }
   | {
       +display?: 'shortName',
       +threadInfo: ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo,
       +subchannel?: ?boolean,
       +possessive?: ?boolean,
     }
   | {
       +display: 'alwaysDisplayShortName',
       +threadInfo: ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo,
       +possessive?: ?boolean,
     }
   | {
       +display: 'alwaysDisplayShortName',
       +threadID: string,
       +possessive?: ?boolean,
     };
 entityTextFunction.thread = (input: EntityTextThreadInput) => {
   if (input.display === 'uiName') {
     const { threadInfo } = input;
+    if (typeof threadInfo.uiName !== 'string') {
+      return threadInfo.uiName;
+    }
     return {
       type: 'thread',
       id: threadInfo.id,
       name: threadInfo.name,
       display: 'uiName',
       uiName: threadInfo.uiName,
     };
   }
   if (input.display === 'alwaysDisplayShortName' && input.threadID) {
     const { threadID, possessive } = input;
     return {
       type: 'thread',
       id: threadID,
       name: undefined,
       display: 'shortName',
       threadType: undefined,
       alwaysDisplayShortName: true,
       possessive,
     };
   } else if (input.display === 'alwaysDisplayShortName' && input.threadInfo) {
     const { threadInfo, possessive } = input;
     return {
       type: 'thread',
       id: threadInfo.id,
       name: threadInfo.name,
       display: 'shortName',
       threadType: threadInfo.type,
       alwaysDisplayShortName: true,
       possessive,
     };
   } else if (input.display === 'shortName' || !input.display) {
     const { threadInfo, subchannel, possessive } = input;
     return {
       type: 'thread',
       id: threadInfo.id,
       name: threadInfo.name,
       display: 'shortName',
       threadType: threadInfo.type,
       subchannel,
       possessive,
     };
   }
   invariant(
     false,
     `ET.thread passed unexpected display type: ${input.display}`,
   );
 };
 
 type EntityTextUserInput = {
   +userInfo: {
     +id: string,
     +username?: ?string,
     +isViewer?: ?boolean,
     ...
   },
   +possessive?: ?boolean,
 };
 entityTextFunction.user = (input: EntityTextUserInput) => ({
   type: 'user',
   id: input.userInfo.id,
   username: input.userInfo.username,
   isViewer: input.userInfo.isViewer,
   possessive: input.possessive,
 });
 
 type EntityTextColorInput = { +hex: string };
 entityTextFunction.color = (input: EntityTextColorInput) => ({
   type: 'color',
   hex: input.hex,
 });
 
 // ET is a JS tag function used in template literals, eg. ET`something`
 // It allows you to compose raw text and "entities" together
 type EntityTextFunction = ((
   strings: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   ...entities: $ReadOnlyArray<EntityTextComponent | EntityText>
 ) => EntityText) & {
   +thread: EntityTextThreadInput => ThreadEntity,
   +user: EntityTextUserInput => UserEntity,
   +color: EntityTextColorInput => ColorEntity,
   ...
 };
 const ET: EntityTextFunction = entityTextFunction;
 
 type MakePossessiveInput = { +str: string, +isViewer?: ?boolean };
 function makePossessive(input: MakePossessiveInput) {
   if (input.isViewer) {
     return 'your';
   }
   return `${input.str}’s`;
 }
 
 function getNameForThreadEntity(
   entity: ThreadEntity,
   params?: ?EntityTextToRawStringParams,
 ): string {
   const { name: userGeneratedName, display } = entity;
   if (entity.display === 'uiName') {
     if (userGeneratedName) {
       return userGeneratedName;
     }
     const { uiName } = entity;
     if (typeof uiName === 'string') {
       return uiName;
     }
     let userEntities = uiName;
     if (!params?.ignoreViewer) {
       userEntities = userEntities.filter(innerEntity => !innerEntity.isViewer);
     }
     if (userEntities.length === 0) {
       return 'just you';
     }
     const pluralized = pluralizeEntityText(
       userEntities.map(innerEntity => [innerEntity]),
     );
     return entityTextToRawString(pluralized, params);
   }
   invariant(
     entity.display === 'shortName',
     `getNameForThreadEntity can't handle thread entity display ${display}`,
   );
 
   let { name } = entity;
   if (!name || entity.alwaysDisplayShortName) {
     const threadType = entity.threadType ?? threadTypes.PERSONAL;
     const noun = entity.subchannel ? 'subchannel' : threadNoun(threadType);
     if (entity.id === params?.threadID) {
       const prefixThisThreadNounWith =
         params?.prefixThisThreadNounWith === 'your' ? 'your' : 'this';
       name = `${prefixThisThreadNounWith} ${noun}`;
     } else {
       name = `a ${noun}`;
     }
   }
   if (entity.possessive) {
     name = makePossessive({ str: name });
   }
   return name;
 }
 
 function getNameForUserEntity(
   entity: UserEntity,
   ignoreViewer: ?boolean,
 ): string {
   const isViewer = entity.isViewer && !ignoreViewer;
   const entityWithIsViewerIgnored = { ...entity, isViewer };
   const str = stringForUser(entityWithIsViewerIgnored);
   if (!entityWithIsViewerIgnored.possessive) {
     return str;
   }
   return makePossessive({ str, isViewer });
 }
 
 type EntityTextToRawStringParams = {
   +threadID?: ?string,
   +ignoreViewer?: ?boolean,
   +prefixThisThreadNounWith?: ?('this' | 'your'),
 };
 function entityTextToRawString(
   entityText: EntityText,
   params?: ?EntityTextToRawStringParams,
 ): string {
   const textParts = entityText.map(entity => {
     if (typeof entity === 'string') {
       return entity;
     } else if (entity.type === 'thread') {
       return getNameForThreadEntity(entity, params);
     } else if (entity.type === 'color') {
       return entity.hex;
     } else if (entity.type === 'user') {
       return getNameForUserEntity(entity, params?.ignoreViewer);
     } else {
       invariant(
         false,
         `entityTextToRawString can't handle entity type ${entity.type}`,
       );
     }
   });
   return textParts.join('');
 }
 
 type RenderFunctions = {
   +renderText: ({ +text: string }) => React.Node,
   +renderThread: ({ +id: string, +name: string }) => React.Node,
   +renderColor: ({ +hex: string }) => React.Node,
 };
 function entityTextToReact(
   entityText: EntityText,
   threadID: string,
   renderFuncs: RenderFunctions,
 ): React.Node {
   const { renderText, renderThread, renderColor } = renderFuncs;
   return entityText.map((entity, i) => {
     const key = `text${i}`;
     if (typeof entity === 'string') {
       return (
         <React.Fragment key={key}>
           {renderText({ text: entity })}
         </React.Fragment>
       );
     } else if (entity.type === 'thread') {
       const { id } = entity;
       const name = getNameForThreadEntity(entity, { threadID });
       if (id === threadID) {
         return name;
       } else {
         return (
           <React.Fragment key={key}>
             {renderThread({ id, name })}
           </React.Fragment>
         );
       }
     } else if (entity.type === 'color') {
       return (
         <React.Fragment key={key}>
           {renderColor({ hex: entity.hex })}
         </React.Fragment>
       );
     } else if (entity.type === 'user') {
       return getNameForUserEntity(entity);
     } else {
       invariant(
         false,
         `entityTextToReact can't handle entity type ${entity.type}`,
       );
     }
   });
 }
 
 function pluralizeEntityText(
   nouns: $ReadOnlyArray<EntityText>,
   maxNumberOfNouns: number = 3,
 ): EntityText {
   return basePluralize<EntityText>(
     nouns,
     maxNumberOfNouns,
     (a: EntityText | string, b: ?EntityText | string) =>
       b ? ET`${a}${b}` : ET`${a}`,
   );
 }
 
 type TextEntity = { +type: 'text', +text: string };
 type ShadowUserEntity = {
   +type: 'shadowUser',
   +username: string,
   +originalUsername: string,
 };
 type EntityTextComponentAsObject =
   | UserEntity
   | ThreadEntity
   | ColorEntity
   | TextEntity
   | ShadowUserEntity;
 function entityTextToObjects(
   entityText: EntityText,
 ): EntityTextComponentAsObject[] {
   const objs = [];
   for (const entity of entityText) {
     if (typeof entity === 'string') {
       objs.push({ type: 'text', text: entity });
       continue;
     }
     objs.push(entity);
     if (
       entity.type === 'thread' &&
       entity.display === 'uiName' &&
       typeof entity.uiName !== 'string'
     ) {
       for (const innerEntity of entity.uiName) {
         if (typeof innerEntity === 'string' || innerEntity.type !== 'user') {
           continue;
         }
         const { username } = innerEntity;
         if (username) {
           objs.push({
             type: 'shadowUser',
             originalUsername: username,
             username,
           });
         }
       }
     }
   }
   return objs;
 }
 function entityTextFromObjects(
   objects: $ReadOnlyArray<EntityTextComponentAsObject>,
 ): EntityText {
   const shadowUserMap = new Map<string, string>();
   for (const obj of objects) {
     if (obj.type === 'shadowUser' && obj.username !== obj.originalUsername) {
       shadowUserMap.set(obj.originalUsername, obj.username);
     }
   }
   return objects
     .map(entity => {
       if (entity.type === 'text') {
         return entity.text;
       } else if (entity.type === 'shadowUser') {
         return null;
       } else if (
         entity.type === 'thread' &&
         entity.display === 'uiName' &&
         typeof entity.uiName !== 'string'
       ) {
         const uiName = [];
         let changeOccurred = false;
         for (const innerEntity of entity.uiName) {
           if (typeof innerEntity === 'string' || innerEntity.type !== 'user') {
             uiName.push(innerEntity);
             continue;
           }
           const { username } = innerEntity;
           if (!username) {
             uiName.push(innerEntity);
             continue;
           }
           const ensName = shadowUserMap.get(username);
           if (!ensName) {
             uiName.push(innerEntity);
             continue;
           }
           changeOccurred = true;
           uiName.push({
             ...innerEntity,
             username: ensName,
           });
         }
         if (!changeOccurred) {
           return entity;
         }
         return {
           ...entity,
           uiName,
         };
       } else {
         return entity;
       }
     })
     .filter(Boolean);
 }
 
 function useENSNamesForEntityText(entityText: ?EntityText): ?EntityText {
   const allObjects = React.useMemo(
     () => (entityText ? entityTextToObjects(entityText) : []),
     [entityText],
   );
   const objectsWithENSNames = useENSNames(allObjects);
   return React.useMemo(
     () =>
       entityText ? entityTextFromObjects(objectsWithENSNames) : entityText,
     [entityText, objectsWithENSNames],
   );
 }
 
 function useEntityTextAsString(
   entityText: ?EntityText,
   params?: EntityTextToRawStringParams,
 ): ?string {
   const withENSNames = useENSNamesForEntityText(entityText);
   return React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!withENSNames) {
       return withENSNames;
     }
     return entityTextToRawString(withENSNames, params);
   }, [withENSNames, params]);
 }
 
 async function getEntityTextAsString(
   entityText: ?EntityText,
   getENSNames: ?GetENSNames,
   params?: EntityTextToRawStringParams,
 ): Promise<?string> {
   if (!entityText) {
     return entityText;
   }
 
   let resolvedEntityText = entityText;
   if (getENSNames) {
     const allObjects = entityTextToObjects(entityText);
     const objectsWithENSNames = await getENSNames(allObjects);
     resolvedEntityText = entityTextFromObjects(objectsWithENSNames);
   }
 
   return entityTextToRawString(resolvedEntityText, params);
 }
 
 export {
   ET,
   entityTextToRawString,
   entityTextToReact,
   pluralizeEntityText,
   useENSNamesForEntityText,
   useEntityTextAsString,
   getEntityTextAsString,
 };