diff --git a/lib/utils/entity-text.js b/lib/utils/entity-text.js
index 3ea9ac32f..e9f8a972d 100644
--- a/lib/utils/entity-text.js
+++ b/lib/utils/entity-text.js
@@ -1,411 +1,417 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { useENSNames } from '../hooks/ens-cache';
 import { threadNoun } from '../shared/thread-utils';
 import { stringForUser } from '../shared/user-utils';
 import {
   threadTypes,
   type ThreadType,
   type RawThreadInfo,
   type ThreadInfo,
 } from '../types/thread-types';
 import { basePluralize } from '../utils/text-utils';
 import type { GetENSNames } from './ens-helpers';
 
 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 =
   | {
       +type: 'thread',
       +id: string,
       +name?: ?string,
       // displays threadInfo.name if set, or 'user1, user2, and user3'
       +display: 'uiName',
       +uiName: 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;
     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,
   threadID: ?string,
+  params?: EntityTextToRawStringParams,
 ): string {
   const { name: userGeneratedName, display } = entity;
   if (entity.display === 'uiName') {
     return userGeneratedName ? userGeneratedName : entity.uiName;
   }
   invariant(
     entity.display === 'shortName',
     `getNameForThreadEntity can't handle thread entity display ${display}`,
   );
 
-  let name = userGeneratedName;
+  let { name } = entity;
   if (!name || entity.alwaysDisplayShortName) {
     const threadType = entity.threadType ?? threadTypes.PERSONAL;
-    name = entity.subchannel ? 'subchannel' : threadNoun(threadType);
+    const noun = entity.subchannel ? 'subchannel' : threadNoun(threadType);
     if (entity.id === threadID) {
-      name = `this ${name}`;
+      const prefixThisThreadNounWith =
+        params?.prefixThisThreadNounWith === 'your' ? 'your' : 'this';
+      name = `${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?.threadID);
+      return getNameForThreadEntity(entity, params?.threadID, 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 EntityTextComponentAsObject =
   | UserEntity
   | ThreadEntity
   | ColorEntity
   | TextEntity;
 function entityTextToObjects(
   entityText: EntityText,
 ): EntityTextComponentAsObject[] {
   return entityText.map(entity =>
     typeof entity === 'string' ? { type: 'text', text: entity } : entity,
   );
 }
 function entityTextFromObjects(
   objects: $ReadOnlyArray<EntityTextComponentAsObject>,
 ): EntityText {
   return objects.map(entity => (entity.type === 'text' ? entity.text : entity));
 }
 
 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,
 };