diff --git a/lib/shared/notif-utils.js b/lib/shared/notif-utils.js
index fd12a1779..9e353e448 100644
--- a/lib/shared/notif-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/notif-utils.js
@@ -1,325 +1,329 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 
 import { isMentioned } from './mention-utils.js';
 import { robotextForMessageInfo } from './message-utils.js';
 import type { NotificationTextsParams } from './messages/message-spec.js';
 import { messageSpecs } from './messages/message-specs.js';
 import { threadNoun } from './thread-utils.js';
 import {
   type MessageInfo,
   type RawMessageInfo,
   type RobotextMessageInfo,
   type MessageType,
   type MessageData,
   type SidebarSourceMessageInfo,
   messageTypes,
 } from '../types/message-types.js';
 import type { CreateSidebarMessageInfo } from '../types/messages/create-sidebar.js';
 import type { TextMessageInfo } from '../types/messages/text.js';
 import type { NotifTexts, ResolvedNotifTexts } from '../types/notif-types.js';
-import type { ThreadInfo, ThreadType } from '../types/thread-types.js';
+import {
+  type ThreadInfo,
+  type ThreadType,
+  threadTypes,
+} from '../types/thread-types.js';
 import type { RelativeUserInfo, UserInfo } from '../types/user-types.js';
 import { prettyDate } from '../utils/date-utils.js';
 import type { GetENSNames } from '../utils/ens-helpers.js';
 import {
   ET,
   getEntityTextAsString,
   type EntityText,
   type ThreadEntity,
 } from '../utils/entity-text.js';
 import { promiseAll } from '../utils/promises.js';
 import { trimText } from '../utils/text-utils.js';
 
 async function notifTextsForMessageInfo(
   messageInfos: MessageInfo[],
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   notifTargetUserInfo: UserInfo,
   getENSNames: ?GetENSNames,
 ): Promise<?ResolvedNotifTexts> {
   const fullNotifTexts = await fullNotifTextsForMessageInfo(
     messageInfos,
     threadInfo,
     notifTargetUserInfo,
     getENSNames,
   );
   if (!fullNotifTexts) {
     return fullNotifTexts;
   }
   const merged = trimText(fullNotifTexts.merged, 300);
   const body = trimText(fullNotifTexts.body, 300);
   const title = trimText(fullNotifTexts.title, 100);
   if (!fullNotifTexts.prefix) {
     return { merged, body, title };
   }
   const prefix = trimText(fullNotifTexts.prefix, 50);
   return { merged, body, title, prefix };
 }
 
 function notifTextsForEntryCreationOrEdit(
   messageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<MessageInfo>,
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
 ): NotifTexts {
   const hasCreateEntry = messageInfos.some(
     messageInfo => messageInfo.type === messageTypes.CREATE_ENTRY,
   );
   const messageInfo = messageInfos[0];
 
   const thread = ET.thread({ display: 'shortName', threadInfo });
   const creator = ET.user({ userInfo: messageInfo.creator });
   const prefix = ET`${creator}`;
 
   if (!hasCreateEntry) {
     invariant(
       messageInfo.type === messageTypes.EDIT_ENTRY,
       'messageInfo should be messageTypes.EDIT_ENTRY!',
     );
     const date = prettyDate(messageInfo.date);
     let body = ET`updated the text of an event in ${thread}`;
     body = ET`${body} scheduled for ${date}: "${messageInfo.text}"`;
     const merged = ET`${prefix} ${body}`;
     return {
       merged,
       title: threadInfo.uiName,
       body,
       prefix,
     };
   }
   invariant(
     messageInfo.type === messageTypes.CREATE_ENTRY ||
       messageInfo.type === messageTypes.EDIT_ENTRY,
     'messageInfo should be messageTypes.CREATE_ENTRY/EDIT_ENTRY!',
   );
   const date = prettyDate(messageInfo.date);
   let body = ET`created an event in ${thread}`;
   body = ET`${body} scheduled for ${date}: "${messageInfo.text}"`;
   const merged = ET`${prefix} ${body}`;
   return {
     merged,
     title: threadInfo.uiName,
     body,
     prefix,
   };
 }
 
 type NotifTextsForSubthreadCreationInput = {
   +creator: RelativeUserInfo,
   +threadType: ThreadType,
   +parentThreadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   +childThreadName: ?string,
   +childThreadUIName: string | ThreadEntity,
 };
 function notifTextsForSubthreadCreation(
   input: NotifTextsForSubthreadCreationInput,
 ): NotifTexts {
   const {
     creator,
     threadType,
     parentThreadInfo,
     childThreadName,
     childThreadUIName,
   } = input;
 
   const prefix = ET`${ET.user({ userInfo: creator })}`;
 
   let body = `created a new ${threadNoun(threadType, parentThreadInfo.id)}`;
-  if (parentThreadInfo.name) {
+  if (parentThreadInfo.name && parentThreadInfo.type !== threadTypes.GENESIS) {
     body = ET`${body} in ${parentThreadInfo.name}`;
   }
 
   let merged = ET`${prefix} ${body}`;
   if (childThreadName) {
     merged = ET`${merged} called "${childThreadName}"`;
   }
 
   return {
     merged,
     body,
     title: childThreadUIName,
     prefix,
   };
 }
 
 type NotifTextsForSidebarCreationInput = {
   +createSidebarMessageInfo: CreateSidebarMessageInfo,
   +sidebarSourceMessageInfo?: ?SidebarSourceMessageInfo,
   +firstSidebarMessageInfo?: ?TextMessageInfo,
   +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   +params: NotificationTextsParams,
 };
 function notifTextsForSidebarCreation(
   input: NotifTextsForSidebarCreationInput,
 ): NotifTexts {
   const {
     sidebarSourceMessageInfo,
     createSidebarMessageInfo,
     firstSidebarMessageInfo,
     threadInfo,
     params,
   } = input;
 
   const creator = ET.user({ userInfo: createSidebarMessageInfo.creator });
   const prefix = ET`${creator}`;
 
   const initialName = createSidebarMessageInfo.initialThreadState.name;
   const sourceMessageAuthorPossessive = ET.user({
     userInfo: createSidebarMessageInfo.sourceMessageAuthor,
     possessive: true,
   });
 
   let body = `started a thread in response to `;
   body = ET`${body} ${sourceMessageAuthorPossessive} message`;
 
   const { username } = params.notifTargetUserInfo;
 
   if (
     username &&
     sidebarSourceMessageInfo &&
     sidebarSourceMessageInfo.sourceMessage.type === messageTypes.TEXT &&
     isMentioned(username, sidebarSourceMessageInfo.sourceMessage.text)
   ) {
     body = ET`${body} that tagged you`;
   } else if (
     username &&
     firstSidebarMessageInfo &&
     isMentioned(username, firstSidebarMessageInfo.text)
   ) {
     body = ET`${body} and tagged you`;
   } else if (initialName) {
     body = ET`${body} "${initialName}"`;
   }
 
   return {
     merged: ET`${prefix} ${body}`,
     body,
     title: threadInfo.uiName,
     prefix,
   };
 }
 
 function mostRecentMessageInfoType(
   messageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<MessageInfo>,
 ): MessageType {
   if (messageInfos.length === 0) {
     throw new Error('expected MessageInfo, but none present!');
   }
   return messageInfos[0].type;
 }
 
 async function fullNotifTextsForMessageInfo(
   messageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<MessageInfo>,
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   notifTargetUserInfo: UserInfo,
   getENSNames: ?GetENSNames,
 ): Promise<?ResolvedNotifTexts> {
   const mostRecentType = mostRecentMessageInfoType(messageInfos);
   const messageSpec = messageSpecs[mostRecentType];
   invariant(
     messageSpec.notificationTexts,
     `we're not aware of messageType ${mostRecentType}`,
   );
   const innerNotificationTexts = (
     innerMessageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<MessageInfo>,
     innerThreadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   ) =>
     fullNotifTextsForMessageInfo(
       innerMessageInfos,
       innerThreadInfo,
       notifTargetUserInfo,
       getENSNames,
     );
   const unresolvedNotifTexts = await messageSpec.notificationTexts(
     messageInfos,
     threadInfo,
     { notifTargetUserInfo, notificationTexts: innerNotificationTexts },
   );
   if (!unresolvedNotifTexts) {
     return unresolvedNotifTexts;
   }
 
   const resolveToString = async (
     entityText: string | EntityText,
   ): Promise<string> => {
     if (typeof entityText === 'string') {
       return entityText;
     }
     const notifString = await getEntityTextAsString(entityText, getENSNames, {
       prefixThisThreadNounWith: 'your',
     });
     invariant(
       notifString !== null && notifString !== undefined,
       'getEntityTextAsString only returns falsey when passed falsey',
     );
     return notifString;
   };
   let promises = {
     merged: resolveToString(unresolvedNotifTexts.merged),
     body: resolveToString(unresolvedNotifTexts.body),
     title: resolveToString(ET`${unresolvedNotifTexts.title}`),
   };
   if (unresolvedNotifTexts.prefix) {
     promises = {
       ...promises,
       prefix: resolveToString(unresolvedNotifTexts.prefix),
     };
   }
   return await promiseAll(promises);
 }
 
 function notifRobotextForMessageInfo(
   messageInfo: RobotextMessageInfo,
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
 ): EntityText {
   const robotext = robotextForMessageInfo(messageInfo, threadInfo);
   return robotext.map(entity => {
     if (
       typeof entity !== 'string' &&
       entity.type === 'thread' &&
       entity.id === threadInfo.id
     ) {
       return ET.thread({
         display: 'shortName',
         threadInfo,
         possessive: entity.possessive,
       });
     }
     return entity;
   });
 }
 
 function getNotifCollapseKey(
   rawMessageInfo: RawMessageInfo,
   messageData: MessageData,
 ): ?string {
   const messageSpec = messageSpecs[rawMessageInfo.type];
   return (
     messageSpec.notificationCollapseKey?.(rawMessageInfo, messageData) ?? null
   );
 }
 
 type Unmerged = $ReadOnly<{
   body: string,
   title: string,
   prefix?: string,
   ...
 }>;
 type Merged = {
   body: string,
   title: string,
 };
 function mergePrefixIntoBody(unmerged: Unmerged): Merged {
   const { body, title, prefix } = unmerged;
   const merged = prefix ? `${prefix} ${body}` : body;
   return { body: merged, title };
 }
 
 export {
   notifRobotextForMessageInfo,
   notifTextsForMessageInfo,
   notifTextsForEntryCreationOrEdit,
   notifTextsForSubthreadCreation,
   notifTextsForSidebarCreation,
   getNotifCollapseKey,
   mergePrefixIntoBody,
 };