diff --git a/src/state/queries/usePostThread/traversal.ts b/src/state/queries/usePostThread/traversal.ts
index 53996046f5..2c6e6b4a6c 100644
--- a/src/state/queries/usePostThread/traversal.ts
+++ b/src/state/queries/usePostThread/traversal.ts
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@ export function sortAndAnnotateThreadItems(
       } else if (AppBskyUnspeccedDefs.isThreadItemPost(item.value)) {
         if (parentMetadata) {
           /*
-           * Set this value before incrementing the parent's repliesSeenCount
+           * Set this value before incrementing the parent's repliesSeenCounter
            */
-          metadata!.replyIndex = parentMetadata.repliesIndexCount
-          // Increment the parent's repliesIndexCount
-          parentMetadata.repliesIndexCount += 1
+          metadata!.replyIndex = parentMetadata.repliesIndexCounter
+          // Increment the parent's repliesIndexCounter
+          parentMetadata.repliesIndexCounter += 1
         }
 
         const post = views.threadPost({
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export function sortAndAnnotateThreadItems(
            * Update seen reply count of parent
            */
           if (parentMetadata) {
-            parentMetadata.repliesSeenCount += 1
+            parentMetadata.repliesSeenCounter += 1
           }
         } else {
           /*
@@ -193,11 +193,11 @@ export function sortAndAnnotateThreadItems(
                 storeTraversalMetadata(metadatas, childMetadata)
                 if (childParentMetadata) {
                   /*
-                   * Set this value before incrementing the parent's repliesIndexCount
+                   * Set this value before incrementing the parent's repliesIndexCounter
                    */
                   childMetadata!.replyIndex =
-                    childParentMetadata.repliesIndexCount
-                  childParentMetadata.repliesIndexCount += 1
+                    childParentMetadata.repliesIndexCounter
+                  childParentMetadata.repliesIndexCounter += 1
                 }
 
                 const childPost = views.threadPost({
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ export function sortAndAnnotateThreadItems(
              */
             metadata.isLastSibling =
               metadata.replyIndex ===
-              metadata.parentMetadata.repliesSeenCount - 1
+              metadata.parentMetadata.repliesSeenCounter - 1
             metadata.isLastChild =
               metadata.nextItemDepth === undefined ||
               metadata.nextItemDepth <= metadata.depth
diff --git a/src/state/queries/usePostThread/types.ts b/src/state/queries/usePostThread/types.ts
index 8ae01ddedf..2f370b0ab7 100644
--- a/src/state/queries/usePostThread/types.ts
+++ b/src/state/queries/usePostThread/types.ts
@@ -195,19 +195,19 @@ export type TraversalMetadata = {
   /**
    * The number of replies that have been seen so far in the traversal.
    * Excludes replies that are moderated in some way, since those are not
-   * "seen" on first load. Use `repliesIndexCount` for the total number of
+   * "seen" on first load. Use `repliesIndexCounter` for the total number of
    * replies that were hydrated in the response.
    *
    * After traversal, we can use this to calculate if we actually got all the
    * replies we expected, or if some were blocked, etc.
    */
-  repliesSeenCount: number
+  repliesSeenCounter: number
   /**
    * The total number of replies to this post hydrated in this response. Used
    * for populating the `replyIndex` of the post by referencing this value on
    * the parent.
    */
-  repliesIndexCount: number
+  repliesIndexCounter: number
   /**
    * The index-0-based index of this reply in the parent post's replies.
    */
diff --git a/src/state/queries/usePostThread/utils.ts b/src/state/queries/usePostThread/utils.ts
index a3c8678ba4..b8ab340d87 100644
--- a/src/state/queries/usePostThread/utils.ts
+++ b/src/state/queries/usePostThread/utils.ts
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ export function getTraversalMetadata({
     },
     repliesCount,
     repliesUnhydrated,
-    repliesSeenCount: 0,
-    repliesIndexCount: 0,
+    repliesSeenCounter: 0,
+    repliesIndexCounter: 0,
     replyIndex: 0,
     skippedIndentIndices: new Set<number>(),
   }
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ export function getThreadPostUI({
   prevItemDepth,
   isLastChild,
   skippedIndentIndices,
-  repliesSeenCount,
+  repliesSeenCounter,
   repliesUnhydrated,
   precedesChildReadMore,
   followsReadMoreUp,
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ export function getThreadPostUI({
   const isReplyAndHasReplies =
     depth > 0 &&
     repliesCount > 0 &&
-    (repliesCount - repliesUnhydrated === repliesSeenCount ||
-      repliesSeenCount > 0)
+    (repliesCount - repliesUnhydrated === repliesSeenCounter ||
+      repliesSeenCounter > 0)
   return {
     isAnchor: depth === 0,
     showParentReplyLine: