diff --git a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/components/Stream.js b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/components/Stream.js
index 2297a295b..90fa0aca8 100644
--- a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/components/Stream.js
+++ b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/components/Stream.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class Stream extends React.Component {
 
   render() {
     const {
-      root: {asset, asset: {comments}, comment, myIgnoredUsers},
+      root: {asset, asset: {comments}, comment, me},
       postComment,
       addNotification,
       postFlag,
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ class Stream extends React.Component {
     const firstCommentDate = asset.comments[0]
       ? asset.comments[0].created_at
       : new Date(Date.now() - 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 7).toISOString();
-    const commentIsIgnored = (comment) =>
-      myIgnoredUsers && myIgnoredUsers.includes(comment.user.id);
+    const commentIsIgnored = (comment) => {
+      return me && me.ignoredUsers && me.ignoredUsers.find((u) => u.id === comment.user.id);
+    };
     return (
       <div id="stream">
         {open
@@ -150,8 +151,8 @@ class Stream extends React.Component {
               />
               <div className="embed__stream">
                 {comments.map(
-                  (comment) =>
-                    (commentIsIgnored(comment)
+                  (comment) => {
+                    return (commentIsIgnored(comment)
                       ? <IgnoredCommentTombstone key={comment.id} />
                       : <Comment
                           data={this.props.data}
@@ -180,7 +181,9 @@ class Stream extends React.Component {
                           charCountEnable={asset.settings.charCountEnable}
                           maxCharCount={asset.settings.charCount}
                           editComment={this.props.editComment}
-                        />)
+                        />
+                    );
+                  }
                 )}
               </div>
               <LoadMore
diff --git a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/containers/Stream.js b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/containers/Stream.js
index daac49c51..467242592 100644
--- a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/containers/Stream.js
+++ b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/containers/Stream.js
@@ -112,7 +112,10 @@ class StreamContainer extends React.Component {
 
   componentDidMount() {
     if (this.props.previousTab) {
-      this.props.data.refetch();
+      this.props.data.refetch()
+        .then(({data: {asset: {commentCount}}}) => {
+          return this.props.setCommentCountCache(commentCount);
+        });
     }
     this.countPoll = setInterval(() => {
       this.getCounts(this.props.data.variables);
@@ -205,6 +208,9 @@ const fragments = {
       }
       me {
         status
+        ignoredUsers {
+          id
+        }
       }
       ...${getDefinitionName(Comment.fragments.root)}
     }
diff --git a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/graphql/index.js b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/graphql/index.js
index 145098672..ccf6195f6 100644
--- a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/graphql/index.js
+++ b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/graphql/index.js
@@ -122,19 +122,40 @@ const extension = {
     `,
   },
   mutations: {
-    IgnoreUser: () => ({
-
-      // TODO: don't rely on refetching.
-      refetchQueries: [
-        'EmbedQuery', 'EmbedStreamProfileQuery',
-      ],
+    IgnoreUser: ({variables}) => ({
+      updateQueries: {
+        EmbedQuery: (previousData, {mutationResult}) => {
+          const ignoredUserId = variables.id;
+          const response = mutationResult.data.ignoreUser;
+          if (ignoredUserId && !response.errors) {
+            const updated = update(previousData, {me: {ignoredUsers: {$push: [{
+              id: ignoredUserId,
+              __typename: 'User',
+            }]}}});
+            return updated;
+          }
+          return previousData;
+        }
+      }
     }),
-    StopIgnoringUser: () => ({
+    StopIgnoringUser: ({variables}) => ({
+      updateQueries: {
+        EmbedStreamProfileQuery: (previousData, {mutationResult}) => {
+          const noLongerIgnoredUserId = variables.id;
+          const response = mutationResult.data.stopIgnoringUser;
+          if (noLongerIgnoredUserId && !response.errors) {
 
-      // TODO: don't rely on refetching.
-      refetchQueries: [
-        'EmbedQuery', 'EmbedStreamProfileQuery',
-      ],
+            // remove noLongerIgnoredUserId from ignoredUsers
+            const updated = update(previousData, {me: {ignoredUsers: {
+              $apply: (ignoredUsers) => {
+                return ignoredUsers.filter((u) => u.id !== noLongerIgnoredUserId);
+              }
+            }}});
+            return updated;
+          }
+          return previousData;
+        }
+      }
     }),
     PostComment: ({
       variables: {comment: {asset_id, body, parent_id, tags = []}},
diff --git a/client/coral-framework/reducers/user.js b/client/coral-framework/reducers/user.js
index 2969665e3..bc40cf3ae 100644
--- a/client/coral-framework/reducers/user.js
+++ b/client/coral-framework/reducers/user.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {Map, Set} from 'immutable';
+import {Map} from 'immutable';
 import * as authActions from '../constants/auth';
 import * as actions from '../constants/user';
 import * as assetActions from '../constants/assets';
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ const initialState = Map({
   settings: {},
   myComments: [],
   myAssets: [], // the assets from which myComments (above) originated
-  ignoredUsers: Set(),
 });
 
 const purge = (user) => {
@@ -39,14 +38,6 @@ export default function user (state = initialState, action) {
     return state.set('myAssets', action.assets);
   case actions.LOGOUT_SUCCESS:
     return initialState;
-  case 'APOLLO_MUTATION_RESULT':
-    switch (action.operationName) {
-    case 'ignoreUser':
-      return state.updateIn(['ignoredUsers'], (i) => i.add(action.variables.id));        
-    case 'stopIgnoringUser':
-      return state.updateIn(['ignoredUsers'], (i) => i.delete(action.variables.id));
-    }
-    break;
   }
   return state;
 }