diff --git a/native/chat/inline-engagement.react.js b/native/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
index dc4b3476f..c99c74c31 100644
--- a/native/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
@@ -1,559 +1,553 @@
 // @flow
 
 import { useNavigation } from '@react-navigation/native';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Text, View } from 'react-native';
 import Animated, {
   Extrapolate,
   interpolateNode,
 } from 'react-native-reanimated';
 
 import type { ReactionInfo } from 'lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js';
 import { getInlineEngagementSidebarText } from 'lib/shared/inline-engagement-utils.js';
 import type { MessageInfo } from 'lib/types/message-types.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 
 import {
   avatarOffset,
   composedMessageStyle,
-  inlineEngagementCenterStyle,
   inlineEngagementLabelStyle,
   inlineEngagementRightStyle,
   inlineEngagementStyle,
 } from './chat-constants.js';
 import { useNavigateToThread } from './message-list-types.js';
 import { useSendReaction } from './reaction-message-utils.js';
 import CommIcon from '../components/comm-icon.react.js';
 import GestureTouchableOpacity from '../components/gesture-touchable-opacity.react.js';
 import { MessageReactionsModalRouteName } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
 import { useStyles } from '../themes/colors.js';
 import type { ChatMessageInfoItemWithHeight } from '../types/chat-types.js';
 
 function dummyNodeForInlineEngagementHeightMeasurement(
   sidebarInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   reactions: ReactionInfo,
 ): React.Element<typeof View> {
   return (
     <View>
       <DummyInlineEngagementNode
         sidebarInfo={sidebarInfo}
         reactions={reactions}
       />
     </View>
   );
 }
 
 type DummyInlineEngagementNodeProps = {
   ...React.ElementConfig<typeof View>,
   +editedLabel?: ?string,
   +sidebarInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   +reactions: ReactionInfo,
 };
 function DummyInlineEngagementNode(
   props: DummyInlineEngagementNodeProps,
 ): React.Node {
   const { editedLabel, sidebarInfo, reactions, ...rest } = props;
 
   const dummyEditedLabel = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!editedLabel) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return (
       <View>
         <Text
           style={[unboundStyles.messageLabel, unboundStyles.dummyMessageLabel]}
         >
           {editedLabel}
         </Text>
       </View>
     );
   }, [editedLabel]);
 
   const dummySidebarItem = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!sidebarInfo) {
       return null;
     }
 
     const repliesText = getInlineEngagementSidebarText(sidebarInfo);
     return (
       <View style={[unboundStyles.sidebar, unboundStyles.dummySidebar]}>
         <Text style={unboundStyles.repliesText}>{repliesText}</Text>
       </View>
     );
   }, [sidebarInfo]);
 
   const dummyReactionsList = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (Object.keys(reactions).length === 0) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return Object.keys(reactions).map(reaction => {
       const numOfReacts = reactions[reaction].users.length;
       return (
         <View
           key={reaction}
           style={[
             unboundStyles.reactionsContainer,
             unboundStyles.dummyReactionContainer,
           ]}
         >
           <Text
             style={unboundStyles.reaction}
           >{`${reaction} ${numOfReacts}`}</Text>
         </View>
       );
     });
   }, [reactions]);
 
   const dummyContainerStyle = React.useMemo(
     () => [unboundStyles.inlineEngagement, unboundStyles.dummyInlineEngagement],
     [],
   );
 
   if (!dummyEditedLabel && !dummySidebarItem && !dummyReactionsList) {
     return null;
   }
 
   return (
     <View {...rest} style={dummyContainerStyle}>
       {dummyEditedLabel}
       {dummySidebarItem}
       {dummyReactionsList}
     </View>
   );
 }
 
 type Props = {
   +messageInfo: MessageInfo,
   +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   +sidebarThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   +reactions: ReactionInfo,
   +disabled?: boolean,
   +positioning?: 'left' | 'right' | 'center',
   +label?: ?string,
 };
 function InlineEngagement(props: Props): React.Node {
   const {
     messageInfo,
     threadInfo,
     sidebarThreadInfo,
     reactions,
     disabled = false,
     positioning,
     label,
   } = props;
 
   const isLeft = positioning === 'left';
   const isRight = positioning === 'right';
   const isCenter = positioning === 'center';
 
   const navigateToThread = useNavigateToThread();
   const { navigate } = useNavigation();
 
   const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
 
   const editedLabelStyle = React.useMemo(() => {
     const stylesResult = [styles.messageLabel, styles.messageLabelColor];
     if (isLeft) {
       stylesResult.push(styles.messageLabelLeft);
     } else {
       stylesResult.push(styles.messageLabelRight);
     }
 
     return stylesResult;
   }, [
     isLeft,
     styles.messageLabel,
     styles.messageLabelColor,
     styles.messageLabelLeft,
     styles.messageLabelRight,
   ]);
 
   const editedLabel = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!label) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return (
       <View>
         <Text style={editedLabelStyle}>{label}</Text>
       </View>
     );
   }, [editedLabelStyle, label]);
 
   const unreadStyle = sidebarThreadInfo?.currentUser.unread
     ? styles.unread
     : null;
   const repliesStyles = React.useMemo(
     () => [styles.repliesText, styles.repliesTextColor, unreadStyle],
     [styles.repliesText, styles.repliesTextColor, unreadStyle],
   );
 
   const onPressSidebar = React.useCallback(() => {
     if (sidebarThreadInfo && !disabled) {
       navigateToThread({ threadInfo: sidebarThreadInfo });
     }
   }, [disabled, navigateToThread, sidebarThreadInfo]);
 
   const repliesText = getInlineEngagementSidebarText(sidebarThreadInfo);
 
   const sidebarStyle = React.useMemo(() => {
     const stylesResult = [styles.sidebar, styles.sidebarColor];
 
     if (Object.keys(reactions).length === 0) {
       return stylesResult;
     }
 
     if (isRight) {
       stylesResult.push(styles.sidebarMarginLeft);
     } else {
       stylesResult.push(styles.sidebarMarginRight);
     }
 
     return stylesResult;
   }, [
     isRight,
     reactions,
     styles.sidebar,
     styles.sidebarColor,
     styles.sidebarMarginLeft,
     styles.sidebarMarginRight,
   ]);
 
   const sidebarItem = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!sidebarThreadInfo) {
       return null;
     }
     return (
       <GestureTouchableOpacity
         onPress={onPressSidebar}
         activeOpacity={0.7}
         style={sidebarStyle}
       >
         <CommIcon style={styles.icon} size={14} name="sidebar-filled" />
         <Text style={repliesStyles}>{repliesText}</Text>
       </GestureTouchableOpacity>
     );
   }, [
     sidebarThreadInfo,
     onPressSidebar,
     sidebarStyle,
     styles.icon,
     repliesStyles,
     repliesText,
   ]);
 
   const sendReaction = useSendReaction(messageInfo.id, threadInfo, reactions);
 
   const onPressReaction = React.useCallback(
     (reaction: string) => sendReaction(reaction),
     [sendReaction],
   );
 
   const onLongPressReaction = React.useCallback(() => {
     navigate<'MessageReactionsModal'>({
       name: MessageReactionsModalRouteName,
       params: { reactions },
     });
   }, [navigate, reactions]);
 
   const reactionStyle = React.useMemo(() => {
     const stylesResult = [
       styles.reactionsContainer,
       styles.reactionsContainerColor,
     ];
 
     if (isRight) {
       stylesResult.push(styles.reactionsContainerMarginLeft);
     } else {
       stylesResult.push(styles.reactionsContainerMarginRight);
     }
 
     return stylesResult;
   }, [
     isRight,
     styles.reactionsContainer,
     styles.reactionsContainerColor,
     styles.reactionsContainerMarginLeft,
     styles.reactionsContainerMarginRight,
   ]);
 
   const reactionList = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (Object.keys(reactions).length === 0) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return Object.keys(reactions).map(reaction => {
       const reactionInfo = reactions[reaction];
       const numOfReacts = reactionInfo.users.length;
 
       const style = reactionInfo.viewerReacted
         ? [...reactionStyle, styles.reactionsContainerSelected]
         : reactionStyle;
 
       return (
         <GestureTouchableOpacity
           style={style}
           onPress={() => onPressReaction(reaction)}
           onLongPress={onLongPressReaction}
           activeOpacity={0.7}
           key={reaction}
         >
           <Text
             style={[styles.reaction, styles.reactionColor]}
           >{`${reaction} ${numOfReacts}`}</Text>
         </GestureTouchableOpacity>
       );
     });
   }, [
     onLongPressReaction,
     onPressReaction,
     reactionStyle,
     reactions,
     styles.reaction,
     styles.reactionColor,
     styles.reactionsContainerSelected,
   ]);
 
   const inlineEngagementPositionStyle = React.useMemo(() => {
     const styleResult = [styles.inlineEngagement];
     if (isRight) {
       styleResult.push(styles.rightInlineEngagement);
     } else if (isCenter) {
       styleResult.push(styles.centerInlineEngagement);
     }
     return styleResult;
   }, [
     isCenter,
     isRight,
     styles.centerInlineEngagement,
     styles.inlineEngagement,
     styles.rightInlineEngagement,
   ]);
 
   return (
     <View style={inlineEngagementPositionStyle}>
       {editedLabel}
       {sidebarItem}
       {reactionList}
     </View>
   );
 }
 
 const unboundStyles = {
   inlineEngagement: {
     flexDirection: 'row',
     marginBottom: inlineEngagementStyle.marginBottom,
     marginLeft: avatarOffset,
     flexWrap: 'wrap',
     top: inlineEngagementStyle.topOffset,
   },
   dummyInlineEngagement: {
     marginRight: 8,
   },
   centerInlineEngagement: {
     marginLeft: 20,
     marginRight: 20,
     justifyContent: 'center',
   },
   rightInlineEngagement: {
     flexDirection: 'row-reverse',
     marginLeft: inlineEngagementRightStyle.marginLeft,
   },
   sidebar: {
     flexDirection: 'row',
     alignItems: 'center',
     paddingHorizontal: 8,
     paddingVertical: 4,
     borderRadius: 8,
     marginTop: inlineEngagementStyle.marginTop,
   },
   dummySidebar: {
     paddingRight: 8,
     // 14 (icon) + 4 (marginRight of icon) + 8 (original left padding)
     paddingLeft: 26,
     marginRight: 4,
   },
   sidebarColor: {
     backgroundColor: 'inlineEngagementBackground',
   },
   sidebarMarginLeft: {
     marginLeft: 4,
   },
   sidebarMarginRight: {
     marginRight: 4,
   },
   icon: {
     color: 'inlineEngagementLabel',
     marginRight: 4,
   },
   repliesText: {
     fontSize: 14,
     lineHeight: 22,
   },
   repliesTextColor: {
     color: 'inlineEngagementLabel',
   },
   unread: {
     color: 'listForegroundLabel',
     fontWeight: 'bold',
   },
   reactionsContainer: {
     display: 'flex',
     flexDirection: 'row',
     alignItems: 'center',
     paddingHorizontal: 8,
     paddingVertical: 4,
     borderRadius: 8,
     marginTop: inlineEngagementStyle.marginTop,
   },
   dummyReactionContainer: {
     marginRight: 4,
   },
   reactionsContainerColor: {
     backgroundColor: 'inlineEngagementBackground',
   },
   reactionsContainerSelected: {
     borderWidth: 1,
     borderColor: 'inlineEngagementLabel',
     paddingHorizontal: 7,
     paddingVertical: 3,
   },
   reactionsContainerMarginLeft: {
     marginLeft: 4,
   },
   reactionsContainerMarginRight: {
     marginRight: 4,
   },
   reaction: {
     fontSize: 14,
     lineHeight: 22,
   },
   reactionColor: {
     color: 'inlineEngagementLabel',
   },
   messageLabel: {
     paddingHorizontal: 3,
     fontSize: 13,
     top: inlineEngagementLabelStyle.topOffset,
     height: inlineEngagementLabelStyle.height,
     marginTop: inlineEngagementStyle.marginTop,
   },
   dummyMessageLabel: {
     marginLeft: 9,
     marginRight: 4,
   },
   messageLabelColor: {
     color: 'messageLabel',
   },
   messageLabelLeft: {
     marginLeft: 9,
     marginRight: 4,
   },
   messageLabelRight: {
     marginRight: 10,
     marginLeft: 4,
   },
   avatarOffset: {
     width: avatarOffset,
   },
 };
 
 type TooltipInlineEngagementProps = {
   +item: ChatMessageInfoItemWithHeight,
   +isOpeningSidebar: boolean,
   +progress: Animated.Node,
   +windowWidth: number,
   +positioning: 'left' | 'right' | 'center',
   +initialCoordinates: {
     +x: number,
     +y: number,
     +width: number,
     +height: number,
   },
 };
 
 function TooltipInlineEngagement(
   props: TooltipInlineEngagementProps,
 ): React.Node {
   const {
     item,
     isOpeningSidebar,
     progress,
     windowWidth,
     initialCoordinates,
     positioning,
   } = props;
   // ESLint doesn't recognize that invariant always throws
   // eslint-disable-next-line consistent-return
   const inlineEngagementStyles = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (positioning === 'left') {
       return {
         position: 'absolute',
         top: inlineEngagementStyle.marginTop + inlineEngagementStyle.topOffset,
         left: composedMessageStyle.marginLeft,
       };
     } else if (positioning === 'right') {
       return {
         position: 'absolute',
         right:
           inlineEngagementRightStyle.marginLeft +
           composedMessageStyle.marginRight,
         top: inlineEngagementStyle.marginTop + inlineEngagementStyle.topOffset,
       };
-    } else if (positioning === 'center') {
-      return {
-        alignSelf: 'center',
-        top: inlineEngagementCenterStyle.topOffset,
-      };
     }
     invariant(
       false,
-      `${positioning} is not a valid positioning value for InlineEngagement`,
+      `${positioning} is not a valid positioning value for TooltipInlineEngagement`,
     );
   }, [positioning]);
   const inlineEngagementContainer = React.useMemo(() => {
     const opacity = isOpeningSidebar
       ? 0
       : interpolateNode(progress, {
           inputRange: [0, 1],
           outputRange: [1, 0],
           extrapolate: Extrapolate.CLAMP,
         });
     return {
       position: 'absolute',
       width: windowWidth,
       top: initialCoordinates.height,
       left: -initialCoordinates.x,
       opacity,
     };
   }, [
     initialCoordinates.height,
     initialCoordinates.x,
     isOpeningSidebar,
     progress,
     windowWidth,
   ]);
   return (
     <Animated.View style={inlineEngagementContainer}>
       <Animated.View style={inlineEngagementStyles}>
         <InlineEngagement
           messageInfo={item.messageInfo}
           threadInfo={item.threadInfo}
           sidebarThreadInfo={item.threadCreatedFromMessage}
           reactions={item.reactions}
           disabled
         />
       </Animated.View>
     </Animated.View>
   );
 }
 
 export {
   InlineEngagement,
   TooltipInlineEngagement,
   DummyInlineEngagementNode,
   dummyNodeForInlineEngagementHeightMeasurement,
 };
diff --git a/native/chat/robotext-message-tooltip-button.react.js b/native/chat/robotext-message-tooltip-button.react.js
index 1f8eef97b..68923019c 100644
--- a/native/chat/robotext-message-tooltip-button.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/robotext-message-tooltip-button.react.js
@@ -1,160 +1,142 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 import Animated from 'react-native-reanimated';
 
 import {
   useViewerAlreadySelectedMessageReactions,
   useCanCreateReactionFromMessage,
 } from 'lib/shared/reaction-utils.js';
 
-import { TooltipInlineEngagement } from './inline-engagement.react.js';
 import { InnerRobotextMessage } from './inner-robotext-message.react.js';
 import { useSendReaction } from './reaction-message-utils.js';
 import ReactionSelectionPopover from './reaction-selection-popover.react.js';
 import SidebarInputBarHeightMeasurer from './sidebar-input-bar-height-measurer.react.js';
 import { Timestamp } from './timestamp.react.js';
 import { useAnimatedMessageTooltipButton } from './utils.js';
 import EmojiKeyboard from '../components/emoji-keyboard.react.js';
 import type { EmojiSelection } from '../components/emoji-keyboard.react.js';
 import type { AppNavigationProp } from '../navigation/app-navigator.react.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { useTooltipActions } from '../tooltip/tooltip-hooks.js';
 import type { TooltipRoute } from '../tooltip/tooltip.react.js';
 
 const { Node, interpolateNode, Extrapolate } = Animated;
 
 type Props = {
   +navigation: AppNavigationProp<'RobotextMessageTooltipModal'>,
   +route: TooltipRoute<'RobotextMessageTooltipModal'>,
   +progress: Node,
-  +isOpeningSidebar: boolean,
+  ...
 };
 function RobotextMessageTooltipButton(props: Props): React.Node {
-  const { navigation, route, progress, isOpeningSidebar } = props;
+  const { navigation, route, progress } = props;
 
   const windowWidth = useSelector(state => state.dimensions.width);
 
   const [sidebarInputBarHeight, setSidebarInputBarHeight] =
     React.useState<?number>(null);
   const onInputBarMeasured = React.useCallback((height: number) => {
     setSidebarInputBarHeight(height);
   }, []);
 
   const { item, verticalBounds, initialCoordinates } = route.params;
 
   const { style: messageContainerStyle } = useAnimatedMessageTooltipButton({
     sourceMessage: item,
     initialCoordinates,
     messageListVerticalBounds: verticalBounds,
     progress,
     targetInputBarHeight: sidebarInputBarHeight,
   });
 
   const headerStyle = React.useMemo(() => {
     const bottom = initialCoordinates.height;
     const opacity = interpolateNode(progress, {
       inputRange: [0, 0.05],
       outputRange: [0, 1],
       extrapolate: Extrapolate.CLAMP,
     });
     return {
       opacity,
       position: 'absolute',
       left: -initialCoordinates.x,
       width: windowWidth,
       bottom,
     };
   }, [initialCoordinates.height, initialCoordinates.x, progress, windowWidth]);
 
-  const inlineEngagement = React.useMemo(() => {
-    if (!item.threadCreatedFromMessage) {
-      return null;
-    }
-    return (
-      <TooltipInlineEngagement
-        item={item}
-        positioning="center"
-        isOpeningSidebar={isOpeningSidebar}
-        progress={progress}
-        windowWidth={windowWidth}
-        initialCoordinates={initialCoordinates}
-      />
-    );
-  }, [initialCoordinates, isOpeningSidebar, item, progress, windowWidth]);
-
   const { messageInfo, threadInfo, reactions } = item;
 
   const canCreateReactionFromMessage = useCanCreateReactionFromMessage(
     threadInfo,
     messageInfo,
   );
 
   const sendReaction = useSendReaction(messageInfo.id, threadInfo, reactions);
 
   const [emojiPickerOpen, setEmojiPickerOpen] = React.useState<boolean>(false);
   const openEmojiPicker = React.useCallback(() => {
     setEmojiPickerOpen(true);
   }, []);
 
   const reactionSelectionPopover = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!canCreateReactionFromMessage) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return (
       <ReactionSelectionPopover
         navigation={navigation}
         route={route}
         openEmojiPicker={openEmojiPicker}
         sendReaction={sendReaction}
       />
     );
   }, [
     navigation,
     route,
     openEmojiPicker,
     canCreateReactionFromMessage,
     sendReaction,
   ]);
 
   const tooltipRouteKey = route.key;
   const { dismissTooltip } = useTooltipActions(navigation, tooltipRouteKey);
 
   const onEmojiSelected = React.useCallback(
     (emoji: EmojiSelection) => {
       sendReaction(emoji.emoji);
       dismissTooltip();
     },
     [sendReaction, dismissTooltip],
   );
 
   const alreadySelectedEmojis =
     useViewerAlreadySelectedMessageReactions(reactions);
 
   return (
     <>
       <Animated.View style={messageContainerStyle}>
         <SidebarInputBarHeightMeasurer
           sourceMessage={item}
           onInputBarMeasured={onInputBarMeasured}
         />
         <Animated.View style={headerStyle}>
           <Timestamp time={item.messageInfo.time} display="modal" />
         </Animated.View>
         {reactionSelectionPopover}
         <InnerRobotextMessage item={item} onPress={navigation.goBackOnce} />
-        {inlineEngagement}
       </Animated.View>
       <EmojiKeyboard
         onEmojiSelected={onEmojiSelected}
         emojiKeyboardOpen={emojiPickerOpen}
         onEmojiKeyboardClose={dismissTooltip}
         alreadySelectedEmojis={alreadySelectedEmojis}
         selectMultipleEmojis
       />
     </>
   );
 }
 
 export default RobotextMessageTooltipButton;