diff --git a/app/components/global_threads/thread_footer/__snapshots__/thread_footer.test.tsx.snap b/app/components/global_threads/thread_footer/__snapshots__/thread_footer.test.tsx.snap
index 3fa782763..ededd6917 100644
--- a/app/components/global_threads/thread_footer/__snapshots__/thread_footer.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/app/components/global_threads/thread_footer/__snapshots__/thread_footer.test.tsx.snap
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ exports[`Global Thread Footer Should render for channel view and unfollow the th
     }
     userIds={
       Array [
-        "user1",
+        "user2",
       ]
     }
   />
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ exports[`Global Thread Footer Should render for global threads view 1`] = `
     userIds={
       Array [
         "user1",
+        "user2",
       ]
     }
   />
diff --git a/app/components/global_threads/thread_footer/thread_footer.test.tsx b/app/components/global_threads/thread_footer/thread_footer.test.tsx
index 3029a353e..962337c98 100644
--- a/app/components/global_threads/thread_footer/thread_footer.test.tsx
+++ b/app/components/global_threads/thread_footer/thread_footer.test.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe('Global Thread Footer', () => {
         thread: {
             id: 'thread1',
             participants: [{
-                id: 'user1',
+                id: 'user2',
             }],
             is_following: true,
             reply_count: 2,
diff --git a/app/components/global_threads/thread_footer/thread_footer.tsx b/app/components/global_threads/thread_footer/thread_footer.tsx
index 16cf25e7c..bb74a338b 100644
--- a/app/components/global_threads/thread_footer/thread_footer.tsx
+++ b/app/components/global_threads/thread_footer/thread_footer.tsx
@@ -133,15 +133,13 @@ function ThreadFooter({actions, currentUserId, intl, location, testID, theme, th
     // threadstarter should be the first one in the avatars list
     const participants = React.useMemo(() => {
         if (thread.participants?.length) {
-            let isThreadStarterFound = false;
             const participantIds = thread.participants.flatMap((participant) => {
-                if (participant.id === threadStarter?.id) {
-                    isThreadStarterFound = true;
+                if (location === GLOBAL_THREADS && participant.id === threadStarter?.id) {
                     return [];
                 }
                 return participant.id;
-            });
-            if (isThreadStarterFound) {
+            }).reverse();
+            if (location === GLOBAL_THREADS) {
                 participantIds.unshift(threadStarter?.id);
             }
             return participantIds;