Fixed infinite loops introduced by the last change >_>

Session/Home/Message Requests/MessageRequestsViewController.swift

@@ -233,7 +233,15 @@ class MessageRequestsViewController: BaseVC, SessionUtilRespondingViewController
         // in from a frame of CGRect.zero)
         guard hasLoadedInitialThreadData else {
             UIView.performWithoutAnimation {
-                handleThreadUpdates(updatedData, changeset: changeset, initialLoad: true)
+                // Hide the 'loading conversations' label (now that we have received conversation data)
+                loadingConversationsLabel.isHidden = true
+                
+                // Show the empty state if there is no data
+                clearAllButton.isHidden = !(updatedData.first?.elements.isEmpty == false)
+                emptyStateLabel.isHidden = !clearAllButton.isHidden
+                
+                // Update the content
+                viewModel.updateThreadData(updatedData)
                 tableView.reloadData()
                 hasLoadedInitialThreadData = true
             }

Session/Shared/SessionTableViewController.swift

@@ -224,22 +224,28 @@ class SessionTableViewController<NavItemId: Equatable, Section: SessionTableSect
         changeset: StagedChangeset<[SectionModel]>,
         initialLoad: Bool = false
     ) {
+        // Determine if we have any items for the empty state
+        let itemCount: Int = updatedData
+            .map { $0.elements.count }
+            .reduce(0, +)
+        
         // Ensure the first load runs without animations (if we don't do this the cells will animate
         // in from a frame of CGRect.zero)
         guard hasLoadedInitialTableData else {
             UIView.performWithoutAnimation {
-                handleDataUpdates(updatedData, changeset: changeset, initialLoad: true)
+                // Update the empty state
+                emptyStateLabel.isHidden = (itemCount > 0)
+                
+                // Update the content
+                viewModel.updateTableData(updatedData)
                 tableView.reloadData()
                 hasLoadedInitialTableData = true
             }
             return
         }
         
-        // Show the empty state if there is no data
+        // Update the empty state
-        let itemCount: Int = updatedData
+        self.emptyStateLabel.isHidden = (itemCount > 0)
-            .map { $0.elements.count }
-            .reduce(0, +)
-        emptyStateLabel.isHidden = (itemCount > 0)
         
         CATransaction.begin()
         CATransaction.setCompletionBlock { [weak self] in