diff --git a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
index 58cf8db89..c5056a5b6 100644
--- a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
@@ -1,1325 +1,1326 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import _find from 'lodash/fp/find';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import stringHash from 'string-hash';
 import tinycolor from 'tinycolor2';
 
 import {
   fetchMostRecentMessagesActionTypes,
   fetchMostRecentMessages,
 } from '../actions/message-actions';
 import { newThreadActionTypes } from '../actions/thread-actions';
 import { searchUsers as searchUserCall } from '../actions/user-actions';
 import ashoat from '../facts/ashoat';
 import genesis from '../facts/genesis';
 import {
   permissionLookup,
   getAllThreadPermissions,
   makePermissionsBlob,
 } from '../permissions/thread-permissions';
 import type {
   ChatThreadItem,
   ChatMessageInfoItem,
 } from '../selectors/chat-selectors';
 import { threadSearchIndex as threadSearchIndexSelector } from '../selectors/nav-selectors';
 import {
   threadInfoSelector,
   locallyUniqueToRealizedThreadIDsSelector,
 } from '../selectors/thread-selectors';
 import {
   getRelativeMemberInfos,
   usersWithPersonalThreadSelector,
 } from '../selectors/user-selectors';
 import type { CalendarQuery } from '../types/entry-types';
 import type {
   RobotextMessageInfo,
   ComposableMessageInfo,
 } from '../types/message-types';
 import { userRelationshipStatus } from '../types/relationship-types';
 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,
   threadTypes,
   threadPermissions,
   threadTypeIsCommunityRoot,
 } from '../types/thread-types';
 import { type ClientUpdateInfo, updateTypes } from '../types/update-types';
 import type {
   GlobalAccountUserInfo,
   UserInfos,
   UserInfo,
   AccountUserInfo,
 } from '../types/user-types';
 import { useDispatchActionPromise, useServerCall } from '../utils/action-utils';
 import type { DispatchActionPromise } from '../utils/action-utils';
 import { useSelector } from '../utils/redux-utils';
 import { firstLine } from '../utils/string-utils';
 import { pluralize, trimText } from '../utils/text-utils';
 import { type ParserRules } from './markdown';
 import { getMessageTitle } from './message-utils';
 import { relationshipBlockedInEitherDirection } from './relationship-utils';
 import threadWatcher from './thread-watcher';
 
 function colorIsDark(color: string): boolean {
   return tinycolor(`#${color}`).isDark();
 }
 
 const selectedThreadColors = [
   'B8753D',
   'C85000',
   'AA4B4B',
   '4B87AA',
   '648CAA',
   '57697F',
   '6D49AB',
   '00A591',
   '008F83',
   '575757',
 ];
 
 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) &&
-    threadInfo &&
-    threadInfo.type !== threadTypes.SIDEBAR
-  );
+  return threadInChatList(threadInfo) && threadIsChannel(threadInfo);
+}
+
+function threadIsChannel(threadInfo: ?(ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo)): boolean {
+  return !!(threadInfo && 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 threadIsGroupChat(threadInfo: ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo): boolean {
   return (
     threadInfo.members.filter(member => {
       if (
         member.id === ashoat.id &&
         !member.role &&
         threadInfo.community === genesis.id
       ) {
         return false;
       }
       return member.role || member.permissions[threadPermissions.VOICED]?.value;
     }).length > 2
   );
 }
 
 function threadOrParentThreadIsGroupChat(
   threadInfo: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
 ) {
   return threadInfo.members.length > 2;
 }
 
 function threadIsPending(threadID: ?string): boolean {
   return !!threadID?.startsWith('pending');
 }
 
 function getThreadOtherUsers(
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo,
   viewerID: ?string,
 ): string[] {
   const otherUserIDs = [];
   for (const member of threadInfo.members) {
     if (!member.role || member.id === viewerID) {
       continue;
     }
     otherUserIDs.push(member.id);
   }
   return otherUserIDs;
 }
 
 function getSingleOtherUser(
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo,
   viewerID: ?string,
 ): ?string {
   if (!viewerID) {
     return undefined;
   }
   const otherMemberIDs = getThreadOtherUsers(threadInfo, viewerID);
   if (otherMemberIDs.length !== 1) {
     return undefined;
   }
   return otherMemberIDs[0];
 }
 
 function getLocallyUniqueThreadID(
   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}`;
 }
 
 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 = getLocallyUniqueThreadID(
     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,
     },
   };
 }
 
 function createPendingSidebar(
   sourceMessageInfo: ComposableMessageInfo | RobotextMessageInfo,
   parentThreadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   viewerID: string,
   markdownRules: ParserRules,
 ): ThreadInfo {
   const { color, type: parentThreadType } = parentThreadInfo;
 
   const messageTitle = getMessageTitle(
     sourceMessageInfo,
     parentThreadInfo,
     markdownRules,
     'global_viewer',
   );
   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,
   });
 }
 
 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 = getThreadOtherUsers(threadInfo, viewerID);
   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 robotextName(
   threadInfo: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
   viewerID: ?string,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
 ): string {
   const threadUsernames = getThreadOtherUsers(threadInfo, viewerID)
     .map(memberID => userInfos[memberID] && userInfos[memberID].username)
     .filter(Boolean);
   if (threadUsernames.length === 0) {
     return 'just you';
   }
   return pluralize(threadUsernames);
 }
 
 function threadUIName(
   threadInfo: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
   viewerID: ?string,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
 ): string {
   const uiName = threadInfo.name
     ? threadInfo.name
     : robotextName(threadInfo, viewerID, userInfos);
   return firstLine(uiName);
 }
 
 function threadInfoFromRawThreadInfo(
   rawThreadInfo: RawThreadInfo,
   viewerID: ?string,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
 ): ThreadInfo {
   let threadInfo: ThreadInfo = {
     id: rawThreadInfo.id,
     type: rawThreadInfo.type,
     name: rawThreadInfo.name,
     uiName: threadUIName(rawThreadInfo, viewerID, userInfos),
     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,
   };
   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 (
     threadInfo.type !== threadTypes.PERSONAL &&
     (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 thread can see an open child thread.',
   [threadTypes.COMMUNITY_SECRET_SUBTHREAD]:
     'Only visible to its members and admins of ancestor threads.',
 };
 
 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 (
     threadInfo.members.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 threads are just like normal threads, except they don't ` +
   `contribute to your unread count.\n\n` +
   `To move a thread over here, switch the “Background” option in its settings.`;
 
 const threadSearchText = (
   threadInfo: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
   viewerID: ?string,
 ): string => {
   const searchTextArray = [];
   if (threadInfo.name) {
     searchTextArray.push(threadInfo.name);
   }
   if (threadInfo.description) {
     searchTextArray.push(threadInfo.description);
   }
   for (const member of threadInfo.members) {
     const isParentAdmin = memberHasAdminPowers(member);
     if (!member.role && !isParentAdmin) {
       continue;
     }
     if (member.id === viewerID) {
       continue;
     }
     const userInfo = userInfos[member.id];
     if (userInfo && userInfo.username) {
       searchTextArray.push(userInfo.username);
     }
   }
   return searchTextArray.join(' ');
 };
 
 function threadNoun(threadType: ThreadType): string {
   return threadType === threadTypes.SIDEBAR ? 'sidebar' : 'thread';
 }
 
 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 'Sidebar';
   } 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 locallyUniqueToRealizedThreadIDs = useSelector(state =>
     locallyUniqueToRealizedThreadIDsSelector(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
         ? getLocallyUniqueThreadID(
             pendingThreadType(userInfoInputArray.length),
             [...userInfoInputArray.map(user => user.id), viewerID],
             sourceMessageID,
           )
         : getLocallyUniqueThreadID(
             baseThreadInfo.type,
             baseThreadInfo.members.map(member => member.id),
             sourceMessageID,
           );
 
       const realizedThreadID = locallyUniqueToRealizedThreadIDs.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,
       locallyUniqueToRealizedThreadIDs,
       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 = useSelector(threadSearchIndexSelector);
   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 };
 }
 
 export {
   colorIsDark,
   generateRandomColor,
   generatePendingThreadColor,
   threadHasPermission,
   viewerIsMember,
   threadInChatList,
   threadIsTopLevel,
+  threadIsChannel,
   threadInBackgroundChatList,
   threadInHomeChatList,
   threadIsInHome,
   threadInFilterList,
   userIsMember,
   threadActualMembers,
   threadIsGroupChat,
   threadIsPending,
   getSingleOtherUser,
   getLocallyUniqueThreadID,
   createPendingThread,
   createPendingThreadItem,
   createPendingSidebar,
   pendingThreadType,
   createRealThreadFromPendingThread,
   getCurrentUser,
   threadFrozenDueToBlock,
   threadFrozenDueToViewerBlock,
   rawThreadInfoFromServerThreadInfo,
   filterThreadEditDetailedPermissions,
   robotextName,
   threadInfoFromRawThreadInfo,
   rawThreadInfoFromThreadInfo,
   threadTypeDescriptions,
   usersInThreadInfo,
   memberIsAdmin,
   memberHasAdminPowers,
   roleIsAdminRole,
   threadHasAdminRole,
   identifyInvalidatedThreads,
   permissionsDisabledByBlock,
   emptyItemText,
   threadSearchText,
   threadNoun,
   threadLabel,
   useWatchThread,
   useExistingThreadInfoFinder,
   getThreadTypeParentRequirement,
   threadMemberHasPermission,
   useCanCreateSidebarFromMessage,
   useSidebarExistsOrCanBeCreated,
   checkIfDefaultMembersAreVoiced,
   draftKeyFromThreadID,
   threadTypeCanBePending,
   getContainingThreadID,
   getCommunity,
   getThreadListSearchResults,
   useThreadListSearch,
 };
diff --git a/native/chat/settings/thread-settings.react.js b/native/chat/settings/thread-settings.react.js
index 645f86210..7865c452c 100644
--- a/native/chat/settings/thread-settings.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/settings/thread-settings.react.js
@@ -1,1161 +1,1159 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { View, FlatList, Platform } from 'react-native';
 import { createSelector } from 'reselect';
 
 import {
   changeThreadSettingsActionTypes,
   leaveThreadActionTypes,
   removeUsersFromThreadActionTypes,
   changeThreadMemberRolesActionTypes,
 } from 'lib/actions/thread-actions';
 import { createLoadingStatusSelector } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors';
 import {
   threadInfoSelector,
   childThreadInfos,
 } from 'lib/selectors/thread-selectors';
 import { getAvailableRelationshipButtons } from 'lib/shared/relationship-utils';
 import {
   threadHasPermission,
   viewerIsMember,
   threadInChatList,
   getSingleOtherUser,
+  threadIsChannel,
 } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils';
 import threadWatcher from 'lib/shared/thread-watcher';
 import type { RelationshipButton } from 'lib/types/relationship-types';
 import {
   type ThreadInfo,
   type RelativeMemberInfo,
   threadPermissions,
   threadTypes,
 } from 'lib/types/thread-types';
 import type { UserInfos } from 'lib/types/user-types';
 
 import ThreadAncestors from '../../components/thread-ancestors.react';
 import {
   type KeyboardState,
   KeyboardContext,
 } from '../../keyboard/keyboard-state';
 import type { TabNavigationProp } from '../../navigation/app-navigator.react';
 import { defaultStackScreenOptions } from '../../navigation/options';
 import {
   OverlayContext,
   type OverlayContextType,
 } from '../../navigation/overlay-context';
 import type { NavigationRoute } from '../../navigation/route-names';
 import {
   AddUsersModalRouteName,
   ComposeSubchannelModalRouteName,
 } from '../../navigation/route-names';
 import { useSelector } from '../../redux/redux-utils';
 import type { AppState } from '../../redux/state-types';
 import {
   useStyles,
   type IndicatorStyle,
   useIndicatorStyle,
 } from '../../themes/colors';
 import type { VerticalBounds } from '../../types/layout-types';
 import type { ViewStyle } from '../../types/styles';
 import type { ChatNavigationProp } from '../chat.react';
 import type { CategoryType } from './thread-settings-category.react';
 import {
   ThreadSettingsCategoryHeader,
   ThreadSettingsCategoryFooter,
 } from './thread-settings-category.react';
 import ThreadSettingsChildThread from './thread-settings-child-thread.react';
 import ThreadSettingsColor from './thread-settings-color.react';
 import ThreadSettingsDeleteThread from './thread-settings-delete-thread.react';
 import ThreadSettingsDescription from './thread-settings-description.react';
 import ThreadSettingsEditRelationship from './thread-settings-edit-relationship.react';
 import ThreadSettingsHomeNotifs from './thread-settings-home-notifs.react';
 import ThreadSettingsLeaveThread from './thread-settings-leave-thread.react';
 import {
   ThreadSettingsSeeMore,
   ThreadSettingsAddMember,
   ThreadSettingsAddSubchannel,
 } from './thread-settings-list-action.react';
 import ThreadSettingsMember from './thread-settings-member.react';
 import ThreadSettingsName from './thread-settings-name.react';
 import ThreadSettingsParent from './thread-settings-parent.react';
 import ThreadSettingsPromoteSidebar from './thread-settings-promote-sidebar.react';
 import ThreadSettingsPushNotifs from './thread-settings-push-notifs.react';
 import ThreadSettingsVisibility from './thread-settings-visibility.react';
 
 const itemPageLength = 5;
 
 export type ThreadSettingsParams = {
   +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
 };
 
 export type ThreadSettingsNavigate = $PropertyType<
   ChatNavigationProp<'ThreadSettings'>,
   'navigate',
 >;
 
 type ChatSettingsItem =
   | {
       +itemType: 'header',
       +key: string,
       +title: string,
       +categoryType: CategoryType,
     }
   | {
       +itemType: 'footer',
       +key: string,
       +categoryType: CategoryType,
     }
   | {
       +itemType: 'name',
       +key: string,
       +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
       +nameEditValue: ?string,
       +canChangeSettings: boolean,
     }
   | {
       +itemType: 'color',
       +key: string,
       +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
       +colorEditValue: string,
       +canChangeSettings: boolean,
       +navigate: ThreadSettingsNavigate,
       +threadSettingsRouteKey: string,
     }
   | {
       +itemType: 'description',
       +key: string,
       +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
       +descriptionEditValue: ?string,
       +descriptionTextHeight: ?number,
       +canChangeSettings: boolean,
     }
   | {
       +itemType: 'parent',
       +key: string,
       +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
       +parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
     }
   | {
       +itemType: 'visibility',
       +key: string,
       +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
     }
   | {
       +itemType: 'pushNotifs',
       +key: string,
       +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
     }
   | {
       +itemType: 'homeNotifs',
       +key: string,
       +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
     }
   | {
       +itemType: 'seeMore',
       +key: string,
       +onPress: () => void,
     }
   | {
       +itemType: 'childThread',
       +key: string,
       +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
       +firstListItem: boolean,
       +lastListItem: boolean,
     }
   | {
       +itemType: 'addSubchannel',
       +key: string,
     }
   | {
       +itemType: 'member',
       +key: string,
       +memberInfo: RelativeMemberInfo,
       +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
       +canEdit: boolean,
       +navigate: ThreadSettingsNavigate,
       +firstListItem: boolean,
       +lastListItem: boolean,
       +verticalBounds: ?VerticalBounds,
       +threadSettingsRouteKey: string,
     }
   | {
       +itemType: 'addMember',
       +key: string,
     }
   | {
       +itemType: 'promoteSidebar' | 'leaveThread' | 'deleteThread',
       +key: string,
       +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
       +navigate: ThreadSettingsNavigate,
       +buttonStyle: ViewStyle,
     }
   | {
       +itemType: 'editRelationship',
       +key: string,
       +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
       +navigate: ThreadSettingsNavigate,
       +buttonStyle: ViewStyle,
       +relationshipButton: RelationshipButton,
     };
 
 type BaseProps = {
   +navigation: ChatNavigationProp<'ThreadSettings'>,
   +route: NavigationRoute<'ThreadSettings'>,
 };
 type Props = {
   ...BaseProps,
   // Redux state
   +userInfos: UserInfos,
   +viewerID: ?string,
   +threadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   +parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   +childThreadInfos: ?$ReadOnlyArray<ThreadInfo>,
   +somethingIsSaving: boolean,
   +styles: typeof unboundStyles,
   +indicatorStyle: IndicatorStyle,
   // withOverlayContext
   +overlayContext: ?OverlayContextType,
   // withKeyboardState
   +keyboardState: ?KeyboardState,
 };
 type State = {
   +numMembersShowing: number,
   +numSubchannelsShowing: number,
   +numSidebarsShowing: number,
   +nameEditValue: ?string,
   +descriptionEditValue: ?string,
   +descriptionTextHeight: ?number,
   +colorEditValue: string,
   +verticalBounds: ?VerticalBounds,
 };
 type PropsAndState = { ...Props, ...State };
 class ThreadSettings extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
   flatListContainer: ?React.ElementRef<typeof View>;
 
   constructor(props: Props) {
     super(props);
     const threadInfo = props.threadInfo;
     invariant(threadInfo, 'ThreadInfo should exist when ThreadSettings opened');
     this.state = {
       numMembersShowing: itemPageLength,
       numSubchannelsShowing: itemPageLength,
       numSidebarsShowing: itemPageLength,
       nameEditValue: null,
       descriptionEditValue: null,
       descriptionTextHeight: null,
       colorEditValue: threadInfo.color,
       verticalBounds: null,
     };
   }
 
   static getThreadInfo(props: {
     threadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
     route: NavigationRoute<'ThreadSettings'>,
     ...
   }): ThreadInfo {
     const { threadInfo } = props;
     if (threadInfo) {
       return threadInfo;
     }
     return props.route.params.threadInfo;
   }
 
   static scrollDisabled(props: Props) {
     const { overlayContext } = props;
     invariant(overlayContext, 'ThreadSettings should have OverlayContext');
     return overlayContext.scrollBlockingModalStatus !== 'closed';
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
     const threadInfo = ThreadSettings.getThreadInfo(this.props);
     if (!threadInChatList(threadInfo)) {
       threadWatcher.watchID(threadInfo.id);
     }
     const tabNavigation: ?TabNavigationProp<
       'Chat',
     > = this.props.navigation.dangerouslyGetParent();
     invariant(tabNavigation, 'ChatNavigator should be within TabNavigator');
     tabNavigation.addListener('tabPress', this.onTabPress);
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount() {
     const threadInfo = ThreadSettings.getThreadInfo(this.props);
     if (!threadInChatList(threadInfo)) {
       threadWatcher.removeID(threadInfo.id);
     }
     const tabNavigation: ?TabNavigationProp<
       'Chat',
     > = this.props.navigation.dangerouslyGetParent();
     invariant(tabNavigation, 'ChatNavigator should be within TabNavigator');
     tabNavigation.removeListener('tabPress', this.onTabPress);
   }
 
   onTabPress = () => {
     if (this.props.navigation.isFocused() && !this.props.somethingIsSaving) {
       this.props.navigation.popToTop();
     }
   };
 
   componentDidUpdate(prevProps: Props) {
     const oldReduxThreadInfo = prevProps.threadInfo;
     const newReduxThreadInfo = this.props.threadInfo;
     if (newReduxThreadInfo && newReduxThreadInfo !== oldReduxThreadInfo) {
       this.props.navigation.setParams({ threadInfo: newReduxThreadInfo });
     }
 
     const oldNavThreadInfo = ThreadSettings.getThreadInfo(prevProps);
     const newNavThreadInfo = ThreadSettings.getThreadInfo(this.props);
     if (oldNavThreadInfo.id !== newNavThreadInfo.id) {
       if (!threadInChatList(oldNavThreadInfo)) {
         threadWatcher.removeID(oldNavThreadInfo.id);
       }
       if (!threadInChatList(newNavThreadInfo)) {
         threadWatcher.watchID(newNavThreadInfo.id);
       }
     }
     if (
       newNavThreadInfo.color !== oldNavThreadInfo.color &&
       this.state.colorEditValue === oldNavThreadInfo.color
     ) {
       this.setState({ colorEditValue: newNavThreadInfo.color });
     }
 
     if (defaultStackScreenOptions.gestureEnabled) {
       const scrollIsDisabled = ThreadSettings.scrollDisabled(this.props);
       const scrollWasDisabled = ThreadSettings.scrollDisabled(prevProps);
       if (!scrollWasDisabled && scrollIsDisabled) {
         this.props.navigation.setOptions({ gestureEnabled: false });
       } else if (scrollWasDisabled && !scrollIsDisabled) {
         this.props.navigation.setOptions({ gestureEnabled: true });
       }
     }
   }
 
   threadBasicsListDataSelector = createSelector(
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) =>
       ThreadSettings.getThreadInfo(propsAndState),
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.parentThreadInfo,
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.nameEditValue,
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.colorEditValue,
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.descriptionEditValue,
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.descriptionTextHeight,
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => !propsAndState.somethingIsSaving,
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.navigation.navigate,
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.route.key,
     (
       threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
       parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
       nameEditValue: ?string,
       colorEditValue: string,
       descriptionEditValue: ?string,
       descriptionTextHeight: ?number,
       canStartEditing: boolean,
       navigate: ThreadSettingsNavigate,
       routeKey: string,
     ) => {
       const canEditThreadName = threadHasPermission(
         threadInfo,
         threadPermissions.EDIT_THREAD_NAME,
       );
       const canEditThreadDescription = threadHasPermission(
         threadInfo,
         threadPermissions.EDIT_THREAD_DESCRIPTION,
       );
       const canEditThreadColor = threadHasPermission(
         threadInfo,
         threadPermissions.EDIT_THREAD_COLOR,
       );
       const canChangeName = canEditThreadName && canStartEditing;
       const canChangeDescription = canEditThreadDescription && canStartEditing;
       const canChangeColor = canEditThreadColor && canStartEditing;
 
       const listData: ChatSettingsItem[] = [];
       listData.push({
         itemType: 'header',
         key: 'basicsHeader',
         title: 'Basics',
         categoryType: 'full',
       });
       listData.push({
         itemType: 'name',
         key: 'name',
         threadInfo,
         nameEditValue,
         canChangeSettings: canChangeName,
       });
       listData.push({
         itemType: 'color',
         key: 'color',
         threadInfo,
         colorEditValue,
         canChangeSettings: canChangeColor,
         navigate,
         threadSettingsRouteKey: routeKey,
       });
       listData.push({
         itemType: 'footer',
         key: 'basicsFooter',
         categoryType: 'full',
       });
 
       if (
         (descriptionEditValue !== null && descriptionEditValue !== undefined) ||
         threadInfo.description ||
         canEditThreadDescription
       ) {
         listData.push({
           itemType: 'description',
           key: 'description',
           threadInfo,
           descriptionEditValue,
           descriptionTextHeight,
           canChangeSettings: canChangeDescription,
         });
       }
 
       const isMember = viewerIsMember(threadInfo);
       if (isMember) {
         listData.push({
           itemType: 'header',
           key: 'subscriptionHeader',
           title: 'Subscription',
           categoryType: 'full',
         });
         listData.push({
           itemType: 'pushNotifs',
           key: 'pushNotifs',
           threadInfo,
         });
         listData.push({
           itemType: 'homeNotifs',
           key: 'homeNotifs',
           threadInfo,
         });
         listData.push({
           itemType: 'footer',
           key: 'subscriptionFooter',
           categoryType: 'full',
         });
       }
 
       listData.push({
         itemType: 'header',
         key: 'privacyHeader',
         title: 'Privacy',
         categoryType: 'full',
       });
       listData.push({
         itemType: 'visibility',
         key: 'visibility',
         threadInfo,
       });
       listData.push({
         itemType: 'parent',
         key: 'parent',
         threadInfo,
         parentThreadInfo,
       });
       listData.push({
         itemType: 'footer',
         key: 'privacyFooter',
         categoryType: 'full',
       });
       return listData;
     },
   );
 
   subchannelsListDataSelector = createSelector(
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) =>
       ThreadSettings.getThreadInfo(propsAndState),
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.navigation.navigate,
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.childThreadInfos,
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.numSubchannelsShowing,
     (
       threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
       navigate: ThreadSettingsNavigate,
       childThreads: ?$ReadOnlyArray<ThreadInfo>,
       numSubchannelsShowing: number,
     ) => {
       const listData: ChatSettingsItem[] = [];
 
-      const subchannels =
-        childThreads?.filter(
-          childThreadInfo => childThreadInfo.type !== threadTypes.SIDEBAR,
-        ) ?? [];
+      const subchannels = childThreads?.filter(threadIsChannel) ?? [];
       const canCreateSubchannels = threadHasPermission(
         threadInfo,
         threadPermissions.CREATE_SUBCHANNELS,
       );
       if (subchannels.length === 0 && !canCreateSubchannels) {
         return listData;
       }
 
       listData.push({
         itemType: 'header',
         key: 'subchannelHeader',
         title: 'Subchannels',
         categoryType: 'unpadded',
       });
 
       if (canCreateSubchannels) {
         listData.push({
           itemType: 'addSubchannel',
           key: 'addSubchannel',
         });
       }
 
       const numItems = Math.min(numSubchannelsShowing, subchannels.length);
       for (let i = 0; i < numItems; i++) {
         const subchannelInfo = subchannels[i];
         listData.push({
           itemType: 'childThread',
           key: `childThread${subchannelInfo.id}`,
           threadInfo: subchannelInfo,
           firstListItem: i === 0 && !canCreateSubchannels,
           lastListItem: i === numItems - 1 && numItems === subchannels.length,
         });
       }
 
       if (numItems < subchannels.length) {
         listData.push({
           itemType: 'seeMore',
           key: 'seeMoreSubchannels',
           onPress: this.onPressSeeMoreSubchannels,
         });
       }
 
       listData.push({
         itemType: 'footer',
         key: 'subchannelFooter',
         categoryType: 'unpadded',
       });
 
       return listData;
     },
   );
 
   sidebarsListDataSelector = createSelector(
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.navigation.navigate,
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.childThreadInfos,
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.numSidebarsShowing,
     (
       navigate: ThreadSettingsNavigate,
       childThreads: ?$ReadOnlyArray<ThreadInfo>,
       numSidebarsShowing: number,
     ) => {
       const listData: ChatSettingsItem[] = [];
 
       const sidebars =
         childThreads?.filter(
           childThreadInfo => childThreadInfo.type === threadTypes.SIDEBAR,
         ) ?? [];
       if (sidebars.length === 0) {
         return listData;
       }
 
       listData.push({
         itemType: 'header',
         key: 'sidebarHeader',
         title: 'Sidebars',
         categoryType: 'unpadded',
       });
 
       const numItems = Math.min(numSidebarsShowing, sidebars.length);
       for (let i = 0; i < numItems; i++) {
         const sidebarInfo = sidebars[i];
         listData.push({
           itemType: 'childThread',
           key: `childThread${sidebarInfo.id}`,
           threadInfo: sidebarInfo,
           firstListItem: i === 0,
           lastListItem: i === numItems - 1 && numItems === sidebars.length,
         });
       }
 
       if (numItems < sidebars.length) {
         listData.push({
           itemType: 'seeMore',
           key: 'seeMoreSidebars',
           onPress: this.onPressSeeMoreSidebars,
         });
       }
 
       listData.push({
         itemType: 'footer',
         key: 'sidebarFooter',
         categoryType: 'unpadded',
       });
 
       return listData;
     },
   );
 
   threadMembersListDataSelector = createSelector(
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) =>
       ThreadSettings.getThreadInfo(propsAndState),
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => !propsAndState.somethingIsSaving,
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.navigation.navigate,
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.route.key,
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.numMembersShowing,
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.verticalBounds,
     (
       threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
       canStartEditing: boolean,
       navigate: ThreadSettingsNavigate,
       routeKey: string,
       numMembersShowing: number,
       verticalBounds: ?VerticalBounds,
     ) => {
       const listData: ChatSettingsItem[] = [];
 
       const canAddMembers = threadHasPermission(
         threadInfo,
         threadPermissions.ADD_MEMBERS,
       );
       if (threadInfo.members.length === 0 && !canAddMembers) {
         return listData;
       }
 
       listData.push({
         itemType: 'header',
         key: 'memberHeader',
         title: 'Members',
         categoryType: 'unpadded',
       });
 
       if (canAddMembers) {
         listData.push({
           itemType: 'addMember',
           key: 'addMember',
         });
       }
 
       const numItems = Math.min(numMembersShowing, threadInfo.members.length);
       for (let i = 0; i < numItems; i++) {
         const memberInfo = threadInfo.members[i];
         listData.push({
           itemType: 'member',
           key: `member${memberInfo.id}`,
           memberInfo,
           threadInfo,
           canEdit: canStartEditing,
           navigate,
           firstListItem: i === 0 && !canAddMembers,
           lastListItem:
             i === numItems - 1 && numItems === threadInfo.members.length,
           verticalBounds,
           threadSettingsRouteKey: routeKey,
         });
       }
 
       if (numItems < threadInfo.members.length) {
         listData.push({
           itemType: 'seeMore',
           key: 'seeMoreMembers',
           onPress: this.onPressSeeMoreMembers,
         });
       }
 
       listData.push({
         itemType: 'footer',
         key: 'memberFooter',
         categoryType: 'unpadded',
       });
 
       return listData;
     },
   );
 
   actionsListDataSelector = createSelector(
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) =>
       ThreadSettings.getThreadInfo(propsAndState),
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.parentThreadInfo,
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.navigation.navigate,
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.styles,
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.userInfos,
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.viewerID,
     (
       threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
       parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
       navigate: ThreadSettingsNavigate,
       styles: typeof unboundStyles,
       userInfos: UserInfos,
       viewerID: ?string,
     ) => {
       const buttons = [];
 
       const canChangeThreadType = threadHasPermission(
         threadInfo,
         threadPermissions.EDIT_PERMISSIONS,
       );
       const canCreateSubchannelsInParent = threadHasPermission(
         parentThreadInfo,
         threadPermissions.CREATE_SUBCHANNELS,
       );
       const canPromoteSidebar =
         threadInfo.type === threadTypes.SIDEBAR &&
         canChangeThreadType &&
         canCreateSubchannelsInParent;
       if (canPromoteSidebar) {
         buttons.push({
           itemType: 'promoteSidebar',
           key: 'promoteSidebar',
           threadInfo,
           navigate,
         });
       }
 
       const canLeaveThread = threadHasPermission(
         threadInfo,
         threadPermissions.LEAVE_THREAD,
       );
 
       if (viewerIsMember(threadInfo) && canLeaveThread) {
         buttons.push({
           itemType: 'leaveThread',
           key: 'leaveThread',
           threadInfo,
           navigate,
         });
       }
 
       const canDeleteThread = threadHasPermission(
         threadInfo,
         threadPermissions.DELETE_THREAD,
       );
       if (canDeleteThread) {
         buttons.push({
           itemType: 'deleteThread',
           key: 'deleteThread',
           threadInfo,
           navigate,
         });
       }
 
       const threadIsPersonal = threadInfo.type === threadTypes.PERSONAL;
       if (threadIsPersonal && viewerID) {
         const otherMemberID = getSingleOtherUser(threadInfo, viewerID);
         if (otherMemberID) {
           const otherUserInfo = userInfos[otherMemberID];
           const availableRelationshipActions = getAvailableRelationshipButtons(
             otherUserInfo,
           );
 
           for (const action of availableRelationshipActions) {
             buttons.push({
               itemType: 'editRelationship',
               key: action,
               threadInfo,
               navigate,
               relationshipButton: action,
             });
           }
         }
       }
 
       const listData: ChatSettingsItem[] = [];
       if (buttons.length === 0) {
         return listData;
       }
 
       listData.push({
         itemType: 'header',
         key: 'actionsHeader',
         title: 'Actions',
         categoryType: 'unpadded',
       });
       for (let i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
         // Necessary for Flow...
         if (buttons[i].itemType === 'editRelationship') {
           listData.push({
             ...buttons[i],
             buttonStyle: [
               i === 0 ? null : styles.nonTopButton,
               i === buttons.length - 1 ? styles.lastButton : null,
             ],
           });
         } else {
           listData.push({
             ...buttons[i],
             buttonStyle: [
               i === 0 ? null : styles.nonTopButton,
               i === buttons.length - 1 ? styles.lastButton : null,
             ],
           });
         }
       }
       listData.push({
         itemType: 'footer',
         key: 'actionsFooter',
         categoryType: 'unpadded',
       });
 
       return listData;
     },
   );
 
   listDataSelector = createSelector(
     this.threadBasicsListDataSelector,
     this.subchannelsListDataSelector,
     this.sidebarsListDataSelector,
     this.threadMembersListDataSelector,
     this.actionsListDataSelector,
     (
       threadBasicsListData: ChatSettingsItem[],
       subchannelsListData: ChatSettingsItem[],
       sidebarsListData: ChatSettingsItem[],
       threadMembersListData: ChatSettingsItem[],
       actionsListData: ChatSettingsItem[],
     ) => [
       ...threadBasicsListData,
       ...subchannelsListData,
       ...sidebarsListData,
       ...threadMembersListData,
       ...actionsListData,
     ],
   );
 
   get listData() {
     return this.listDataSelector({ ...this.props, ...this.state });
   }
 
   render() {
     let threadAncestors;
     if (this.props.threadInfo) {
       threadAncestors = <ThreadAncestors threadInfo={this.props.threadInfo} />;
     }
     return (
       <View
         style={this.props.styles.container}
         ref={this.flatListContainerRef}
         onLayout={this.onFlatListContainerLayout}
       >
         {threadAncestors}
         <FlatList
           data={this.listData}
           contentContainerStyle={this.props.styles.flatList}
           renderItem={this.renderItem}
           scrollEnabled={!ThreadSettings.scrollDisabled(this.props)}
           indicatorStyle={this.props.indicatorStyle}
           initialNumToRender={20}
         />
       </View>
     );
   }
 
   flatListContainerRef = (
     flatListContainer: ?React.ElementRef<typeof View>,
   ) => {
     this.flatListContainer = flatListContainer;
   };
 
   onFlatListContainerLayout = () => {
     const { flatListContainer } = this;
     if (!flatListContainer) {
       return;
     }
 
     const { keyboardState } = this.props;
     if (!keyboardState || keyboardState.keyboardShowing) {
       return;
     }
 
     flatListContainer.measure((x, y, width, height, pageX, pageY) => {
       if (
         height === null ||
         height === undefined ||
         pageY === null ||
         pageY === undefined
       ) {
         return;
       }
       this.setState({ verticalBounds: { height, y: pageY } });
     });
   };
 
   renderItem = (row: { item: ChatSettingsItem, ... }) => {
     const item = row.item;
     if (item.itemType === 'header') {
       return (
         <ThreadSettingsCategoryHeader
           type={item.categoryType}
           title={item.title}
         />
       );
     } else if (item.itemType === 'footer') {
       return <ThreadSettingsCategoryFooter type={item.categoryType} />;
     } else if (item.itemType === 'name') {
       return (
         <ThreadSettingsName
           threadInfo={item.threadInfo}
           nameEditValue={item.nameEditValue}
           setNameEditValue={this.setNameEditValue}
           canChangeSettings={item.canChangeSettings}
         />
       );
     } else if (item.itemType === 'color') {
       return (
         <ThreadSettingsColor
           threadInfo={item.threadInfo}
           colorEditValue={item.colorEditValue}
           setColorEditValue={this.setColorEditValue}
           canChangeSettings={item.canChangeSettings}
           navigate={item.navigate}
           threadSettingsRouteKey={item.threadSettingsRouteKey}
         />
       );
     } else if (item.itemType === 'description') {
       return (
         <ThreadSettingsDescription
           threadInfo={item.threadInfo}
           descriptionEditValue={item.descriptionEditValue}
           setDescriptionEditValue={this.setDescriptionEditValue}
           descriptionTextHeight={item.descriptionTextHeight}
           setDescriptionTextHeight={this.setDescriptionTextHeight}
           canChangeSettings={item.canChangeSettings}
         />
       );
     } else if (item.itemType === 'parent') {
       return (
         <ThreadSettingsParent
           threadInfo={item.threadInfo}
           parentThreadInfo={item.parentThreadInfo}
         />
       );
     } else if (item.itemType === 'visibility') {
       return <ThreadSettingsVisibility threadInfo={item.threadInfo} />;
     } else if (item.itemType === 'pushNotifs') {
       return <ThreadSettingsPushNotifs threadInfo={item.threadInfo} />;
     } else if (item.itemType === 'homeNotifs') {
       return <ThreadSettingsHomeNotifs threadInfo={item.threadInfo} />;
     } else if (item.itemType === 'seeMore') {
       return <ThreadSettingsSeeMore onPress={item.onPress} />;
     } else if (item.itemType === 'childThread') {
       return (
         <ThreadSettingsChildThread
           threadInfo={item.threadInfo}
           firstListItem={item.firstListItem}
           lastListItem={item.lastListItem}
         />
       );
     } else if (item.itemType === 'addSubchannel') {
       return (
         <ThreadSettingsAddSubchannel onPress={this.onPressComposeSubchannel} />
       );
     } else if (item.itemType === 'member') {
       return (
         <ThreadSettingsMember
           memberInfo={item.memberInfo}
           threadInfo={item.threadInfo}
           canEdit={item.canEdit}
           navigate={item.navigate}
           firstListItem={item.firstListItem}
           lastListItem={item.lastListItem}
           verticalBounds={item.verticalBounds}
           threadSettingsRouteKey={item.threadSettingsRouteKey}
         />
       );
     } else if (item.itemType === 'addMember') {
       return <ThreadSettingsAddMember onPress={this.onPressAddMember} />;
     } else if (item.itemType === 'leaveThread') {
       return (
         <ThreadSettingsLeaveThread
           threadInfo={item.threadInfo}
           buttonStyle={item.buttonStyle}
         />
       );
     } else if (item.itemType === 'deleteThread') {
       return (
         <ThreadSettingsDeleteThread
           threadInfo={item.threadInfo}
           navigate={item.navigate}
           buttonStyle={item.buttonStyle}
         />
       );
     } else if (item.itemType === 'promoteSidebar') {
       return (
         <ThreadSettingsPromoteSidebar
           threadInfo={item.threadInfo}
           buttonStyle={item.buttonStyle}
         />
       );
     } else if (item.itemType === 'editRelationship') {
       return (
         <ThreadSettingsEditRelationship
           threadInfo={item.threadInfo}
           relationshipButton={item.relationshipButton}
           buttonStyle={item.buttonStyle}
         />
       );
     } else {
       invariant(false, `unexpected ThreadSettings item type ${item.itemType}`);
     }
   };
 
   setNameEditValue = (value: ?string, callback?: () => void) => {
     this.setState({ nameEditValue: value }, callback);
   };
 
   setColorEditValue = (color: string) => {
     this.setState({ colorEditValue: color });
   };
 
   setDescriptionEditValue = (value: ?string, callback?: () => void) => {
     this.setState({ descriptionEditValue: value }, callback);
   };
 
   setDescriptionTextHeight = (height: number) => {
     this.setState({ descriptionTextHeight: height });
   };
 
   onPressComposeSubchannel = () => {
     const threadInfo = ThreadSettings.getThreadInfo(this.props);
     this.props.navigation.navigate(ComposeSubchannelModalRouteName, {
       presentedFrom: this.props.route.key,
       threadInfo,
     });
   };
 
   onPressAddMember = () => {
     const threadInfo = ThreadSettings.getThreadInfo(this.props);
     this.props.navigation.navigate(AddUsersModalRouteName, {
       presentedFrom: this.props.route.key,
       threadInfo,
     });
   };
 
   onPressSeeMoreMembers = () => {
     this.setState(prevState => ({
       numMembersShowing: prevState.numMembersShowing + itemPageLength,
     }));
   };
 
   onPressSeeMoreSubchannels = () => {
     this.setState(prevState => ({
       numSubchannelsShowing: prevState.numSubchannelsShowing + itemPageLength,
     }));
   };
 
   onPressSeeMoreSidebars = () => {
     this.setState(prevState => ({
       numSidebarsShowing: prevState.numSidebarsShowing + itemPageLength,
     }));
   };
 }
 
 const unboundStyles = {
   container: {
     backgroundColor: 'panelBackground',
     flex: 1,
   },
   flatList: {
     paddingVertical: 16,
   },
   nonTopButton: {
     borderColor: 'panelForegroundBorder',
     borderTopWidth: 1,
   },
   lastButton: {
     paddingBottom: Platform.OS === 'ios' ? 14 : 12,
   },
 };
 
 const editNameLoadingStatusSelector = createLoadingStatusSelector(
   changeThreadSettingsActionTypes,
   `${changeThreadSettingsActionTypes.started}:name`,
 );
 const editColorLoadingStatusSelector = createLoadingStatusSelector(
   changeThreadSettingsActionTypes,
   `${changeThreadSettingsActionTypes.started}:color`,
 );
 const editDescriptionLoadingStatusSelector = createLoadingStatusSelector(
   changeThreadSettingsActionTypes,
   `${changeThreadSettingsActionTypes.started}:description`,
 );
 const leaveThreadLoadingStatusSelector = createLoadingStatusSelector(
   leaveThreadActionTypes,
 );
 
 const somethingIsSaving = (
   state: AppState,
   threadMembers: $ReadOnlyArray<RelativeMemberInfo>,
 ) => {
   if (
     editNameLoadingStatusSelector(state) === 'loading' ||
     editColorLoadingStatusSelector(state) === 'loading' ||
     editDescriptionLoadingStatusSelector(state) === 'loading' ||
     leaveThreadLoadingStatusSelector(state) === 'loading'
   ) {
     return true;
   }
   for (const threadMember of threadMembers) {
     const removeUserLoadingStatus = createLoadingStatusSelector(
       removeUsersFromThreadActionTypes,
       `${removeUsersFromThreadActionTypes.started}:${threadMember.id}`,
     )(state);
     if (removeUserLoadingStatus === 'loading') {
       return true;
     }
     const changeRoleLoadingStatus = createLoadingStatusSelector(
       changeThreadMemberRolesActionTypes,
       `${changeThreadMemberRolesActionTypes.started}:${threadMember.id}`,
     )(state);
     if (changeRoleLoadingStatus === 'loading') {
       return true;
     }
   }
   return false;
 };
 
 const ConnectedThreadSettings: React.ComponentType<BaseProps> = React.memo<BaseProps>(
   function ConnectedThreadSettings(props: BaseProps) {
     const userInfos = useSelector(state => state.userStore.userInfos);
     const viewerID = useSelector(
       state => state.currentUserInfo && state.currentUserInfo.id,
     );
     const threadID = props.route.params.threadInfo.id;
     const threadInfo: ?ThreadInfo = useSelector(
       state => threadInfoSelector(state)[threadID],
     );
     const parentThreadID = threadInfo
       ? threadInfo.parentThreadID
       : props.route.params.threadInfo.parentThreadID;
     const parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo = useSelector(state =>
       parentThreadID ? threadInfoSelector(state)[parentThreadID] : null,
     );
     const threadMembers = React.useMemo(() => {
       if (!threadInfo) {
         return [];
       }
       return threadInfo.members;
     }, [threadInfo]);
     const boundChildThreadInfos = useSelector(
       state => childThreadInfos(state)[threadID],
     );
     const boundSomethingIsSaving = useSelector(state =>
       somethingIsSaving(state, threadMembers),
     );
     const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
     const indicatorStyle = useIndicatorStyle();
     const overlayContext = React.useContext(OverlayContext);
     const keyboardState = React.useContext(KeyboardContext);
     return (
       <ThreadSettings
         {...props}
         userInfos={userInfos}
         viewerID={viewerID}
         threadInfo={threadInfo}
         parentThreadInfo={parentThreadInfo}
         childThreadInfos={boundChildThreadInfos}
         somethingIsSaving={boundSomethingIsSaving}
         styles={styles}
         indicatorStyle={indicatorStyle}
         overlayContext={overlayContext}
         keyboardState={keyboardState}
       />
     );
   },
 );
 
 export default ConnectedThreadSettings;
diff --git a/web/chat/thread-menu.react.js b/web/chat/thread-menu.react.js
index 6709f2667..5231af5df 100644
--- a/web/chat/thread-menu.react.js
+++ b/web/chat/thread-menu.react.js
@@ -1,194 +1,196 @@
 // @flow
 
 import {
   faArrowRight,
   faBell,
   faCog,
   faCommentAlt,
   faSignOutAlt,
   faPlusCircle,
   faUserFriends,
 } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { childThreadInfos } from 'lib/selectors/thread-selectors';
-import { threadHasPermission, viewerIsMember } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils';
+import {
+  threadHasPermission,
+  viewerIsMember,
+  threadIsChannel,
+} from 'lib/shared/thread-utils';
 import {
   type ThreadInfo,
   threadTypes,
   threadPermissions,
 } from 'lib/types/thread-types';
 
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils';
 import SWMansionIcon from '../SWMansionIcon.react';
 import ThreadMenuItem from './thread-menu-item.react';
 import css from './thread-menu.css';
 
 type ThreadMenuProps = {
   +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
 };
 
 function ThreadMenu(props: ThreadMenuProps): React.Node {
   const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = React.useState(false);
 
   const { threadInfo } = props;
 
   const membersItem = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (threadInfo.type === threadTypes.PERSONAL) {
       return null;
     }
     return <ThreadMenuItem key="members" text="Members" icon={faUserFriends} />;
   }, [threadInfo.type]);
 
   const childThreads = useSelector(
     state => childThreadInfos(state)[threadInfo.id],
   );
 
   const hasSidebars = React.useMemo(() => {
     return childThreads?.some(
       childThreadInfo => childThreadInfo.type === threadTypes.SIDEBAR,
     );
   }, [childThreads]);
 
   const sidebarItem = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!hasSidebars) {
       return null;
     }
     return (
       <ThreadMenuItem key="sidebars" text="Sidebars" icon={faArrowRight} />
     );
   }, [hasSidebars]);
 
   const canCreateSubchannels = React.useMemo(
     () => threadHasPermission(threadInfo, threadPermissions.CREATE_SUBCHANNELS),
     [threadInfo],
   );
 
   const hasSubchannels = React.useMemo(() => {
-    return childThreads?.some(
-      childThreadInfo => childThreadInfo.type !== threadTypes.SIDEBAR,
-    );
+    return !!childThreads?.some(threadIsChannel);
   }, [childThreads]);
 
   const viewSubchannelsItem = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!hasSubchannels && !canCreateSubchannels) {
       return null;
     }
     return (
       <ThreadMenuItem
         key="subchannels"
         text="Subchannels"
         icon={faCommentAlt}
       />
     );
   }, [canCreateSubchannels, hasSubchannels]);
 
   const createSubchannelsItem = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!canCreateSubchannels) {
       return null;
     }
     return (
       <ThreadMenuItem
         key="newSubchannel"
         text="Create new subchannel"
         icon={faPlusCircle}
       />
     );
   }, [canCreateSubchannels]);
 
   const leaveThreadItem = React.useMemo(() => {
     const canLeaveThread = threadHasPermission(
       threadInfo,
       threadPermissions.LEAVE_THREAD,
     );
     if (!viewerIsMember(threadInfo) || !canLeaveThread) {
       return null;
     }
     return (
       <ThreadMenuItem
         key="leave"
         text="Leave Thread"
         icon={faSignOutAlt}
         dangerous
       />
     );
   }, [threadInfo]);
 
   const menuItems = React.useMemo(() => {
     const settingsItem = (
       <ThreadMenuItem key="settings" text="Settings" icon={faCog} />
     );
     const notificationsItem = (
       <ThreadMenuItem key="notifications" text="Notifications" icon={faBell} />
     );
     const separator = <hr key="separator" className={css.separator} />;
 
     // TODO: Enable menu items when the modals are implemented
     const SHOW_SETTINGS = false;
     const SHOW_NOTIFICATIONS = false;
     const SHOW_MEMBERS = false;
     const SHOW_SIDEBAR = false;
     const SHOW_VIEW_SUBCHANNELS = false;
     const SHOW_CREATE_SUBCHANNELS = false;
     const SHOW_LEAVE_THREAD = false;
 
     const items = [
       SHOW_SETTINGS && settingsItem,
       SHOW_NOTIFICATIONS && notificationsItem,
       SHOW_MEMBERS && membersItem,
       SHOW_SIDEBAR && sidebarItem,
       SHOW_VIEW_SUBCHANNELS && viewSubchannelsItem,
       SHOW_CREATE_SUBCHANNELS && createSubchannelsItem,
       SHOW_LEAVE_THREAD && leaveThreadItem && separator,
       SHOW_LEAVE_THREAD && leaveThreadItem,
     ];
     return items.filter(Boolean);
   }, [
     membersItem,
     sidebarItem,
     viewSubchannelsItem,
     createSubchannelsItem,
     leaveThreadItem,
   ]);
 
   const closeMenuCallback = React.useCallback(() => {
     document.removeEventListener('click', closeMenuCallback);
     if (isOpen) {
       setIsOpen(false);
     }
   }, [isOpen]);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (!document || !isOpen) {
       return undefined;
     }
     document.addEventListener('click', closeMenuCallback);
     return () => document.removeEventListener('click', closeMenuCallback);
   }, [closeMenuCallback, isOpen]);
 
   const switchMenuCallback = React.useCallback(() => {
     setIsOpen(isMenuOpen => !isMenuOpen);
   }, []);
 
   if (menuItems.length === 0) {
     return null;
   }
 
   let menuActionList = null;
   if (isOpen) {
     menuActionList = (
       <div className={css.topBarMenuActionList}>{menuItems}</div>
     );
   }
 
   return (
     <div>
       <button className={css.topBarMenuButton} onClick={switchMenuCallback}>
         <SWMansionIcon icon="menu-vertical" size={20} />
       </button>
       {menuActionList}
     </div>
   );
 }
 
 export default ThreadMenu;