diff --git a/graph/mutators/user.js b/graph/mutators/user.js
index 48966c5e8..04235c217 100644
--- a/graph/mutators/user.js
+++ b/graph/mutators/user.js
@@ -13,11 +13,16 @@ const suspendUser = ({user}, {id, message}) => {
   });
 };
 
+const ignoreUser = async ({user}, userToIgnore) => {
+  return await UsersService.ignoreUsers(user.id, [userToIgnore.id]);
+};
+
 module.exports = (context) => {
   let mutators = {
     User: {
       setUserStatus: () => Promise.reject(errors.ErrNotAuthorized),
-      suspendUser: () => Promise.reject(errors.ErrNotAuthorized)
+      suspendUser: () => Promise.reject(errors.ErrNotAuthorized),
+      ignoreUser: (action) => ignoreUser(context, action),
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/graph/resolvers/root_mutation.js b/graph/resolvers/root_mutation.js
index 3d5ea9ad9..0e763889f 100644
--- a/graph/resolvers/root_mutation.js
+++ b/graph/resolvers/root_mutation.js
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ const RootMutation = {
   suspendUser(_, {id, message}, {mutators: {User}}) {
     return wrapResponse(null)(User.suspendUser({id, message}));
   },
+  ignoreUser(_, {id}, {mutators: {User}}) {
+    return wrapResponse(null)(User.ignoreUser({id}));
+  },
   setCommentStatus(_, {id, status}, {mutators: {Comment}}) {
     return wrapResponse(null)(Comment.setCommentStatus({id, status}));
   },
diff --git a/graph/resolvers/root_query.js b/graph/resolvers/root_query.js
index 32e2e4263..42f5a021d 100644
--- a/graph/resolvers/root_query.js
+++ b/graph/resolvers/root_query.js
@@ -83,6 +83,16 @@ const RootQuery = {
     return user;
   },
 
+  myIgnoredUsers: async (_, args, {user, loaders: {Users}}) => {
+
+    // get currentUser again since context.user was out of date when running test/graph/mutations/ignoreUser
+    const currentUser = (await Users.getByQuery({ids: [user.id], limit: 1}))[0];
+    if ( ! (currentUser && Array.isArray(currentUser.ignoresUsers) && currentUser.ignoresUsers.length)) {
+      return [];
+    }
+    return await Users.getByQuery({ids: currentUser.ignoresUsers});
+  },
+
   // This endpoint is used for loading the user moderation queues (users whose username has been flagged),
   // so hide it in the event that we aren't an admin.
   users(_, {query: {action_type, limit, cursor, sort}}, {user, loaders: {Users, Actions}}) {
diff --git a/graph/typeDefs.graphql b/graph/typeDefs.graphql
index 8b07c2ab2..86aafbb0e 100644
--- a/graph/typeDefs.graphql
+++ b/graph/typeDefs.graphql
@@ -537,6 +537,9 @@ type RootQuery {
   # role.
   me: User
 
+  # Users that the currently logged in user ignores
+  myIgnoredUsers: [User]
+
   # Users returned based on a query.
   users(query: UsersQuery): [User]
 
@@ -703,6 +706,13 @@ type RemoveCommentTagResponse implements Response {
   errors: [UserError]
 }
 
+# Response to ignoreUser mutation
+type IgnoreUserResponse implements Response {
+  # An array of errors relating to the mutation that occured.
+  errors: [UserError]
+}
+
+
 # All mutations for the application are defined on this object.
 type RootMutation {
 
@@ -735,6 +745,9 @@ type RootMutation {
 
   # Remove tag from comment.
   removeCommentTag(id: ID!, tag: String!): RemoveCommentTagResponse
+
+  # Ignore comments by another user
+  ignoreUser(id: ID!): IgnoreUserResponse
 }
 
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/models/user.js b/models/user.js
index e1cbb466b..2663410a7 100644
--- a/models/user.js
+++ b/models/user.js
@@ -117,7 +117,13 @@ const UserSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
       type: String,
       default: ''
     }
-  }
+  },
+
+  ignoresUsers: [{
+
+    // user id of another user
+    type: String,
+  }]
 }, {
 
   // This will ensure that we have proper timestamps available on this model.
diff --git a/services/users.js b/services/users.js
index a86a6686d..45b113f35 100644
--- a/services/users.js
+++ b/services/users.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const assert = require('assert');
 const bcrypt = require('bcrypt');
 const url = require('url');
 const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
@@ -834,4 +835,23 @@ module.exports = class UsersService {
       throw err;
     });
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Ignore another user
+   * @param  {String} userId the id of the user that is ignoring another users
+   * @param  {String[]} usersToIgnore Array of user IDs to ignore
+   */
+  static ignoreUsers(userId, usersToIgnore) {
+    assert(Array.isArray(usersToIgnore), 'usersToIgnore is an array');
+    assert(usersToIgnore.every(u => typeof u === 'string'), 'usersToIgnore is an array of string user IDs');
+
+    // TODO: For each usersToIgnore, make sure they exist?
+    return UserModel.update({id: userId}, {
+      $addToSet:  {
+        ignoresUsers: {
+          $each: usersToIgnore
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  }
 };
diff --git a/test/graph/mutations/ignoreUser.js b/test/graph/mutations/ignoreUser.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7dd103e5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/graph/mutations/ignoreUser.js
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+const expect = require('chai').expect;
+const {graphql} = require('graphql');
+
+const schema = require('../../../graph/schema');
+const Context = require('../../../graph/context');
+const UsersService = require('../../../services/users');
+const SettingsService = require('../../../services/settings');
+
+describe('graph.mutations.ignoreUser', () => {
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await SettingsService.init();
+  });
+
+  const ignoreUserMutation = `
+    mutation ignoreUser ($id: ID!) {
+      ignoreUser(id:$id) {
+        errors {
+          translation_key
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  `;
+
+  const getMyIgnoredUsersQuery = `
+    query myIgnoredUsers {
+      myIgnoredUsers {
+        id,
+        username
+      }
+    }
+  `;
+
+  it('users can ignoreUser', async () => {
+    const user = await UsersService.createLocalUser('usernameA@example.com', 'password', 'usernameA');
+    const userToIgnore = await UsersService.createLocalUser('usernameB@example.com', 'password', 'usernameB');
+    const context = new Context({user});
+    const ignoreUserResponse = await graphql(schema, ignoreUserMutation, {}, context, {id: userToIgnore.id});
+    if (ignoreUserResponse.errors && ignoreUserResponse.errors.length) {
+      console.error(ignoreUserResponse.errors);
+    }
+    expect(ignoreUserResponse.errors).to.be.empty;
+
+    // now check my ignored users
+    const myIgnoredUsersResponse = await graphql(schema, getMyIgnoredUsersQuery, {}, context, {});
+    if (myIgnoredUsersResponse.errors && myIgnoredUsersResponse.errors.length) {
+      console.error(myIgnoredUsersResponse.errors);
+    }
+    expect(myIgnoredUsersResponse.errors).to.be.empty;
+    const myIgnoredUsers = myIgnoredUsersResponse.data.myIgnoredUsers;
+    expect(myIgnoredUsers.length).to.equal(1);
+    expect(myIgnoredUsers[0].id).to.equal(userToIgnore.id);
+    expect(myIgnoredUsers[0].username).to.equal(userToIgnore.username);
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/test/server/services/users.js b/test/server/services/users.js
index 22fe7ddd5..04c5c457e 100644
--- a/test/server/services/users.js
+++ b/test/server/services/users.js
@@ -169,6 +169,24 @@ describe('services.UsersService', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('#ignoreUser', () => {
+
+    // @TODO: assert cannot ignore yourself
+    
+    it('should add user id to ignoredUsers set', async () => {
+      const user = mockUsers[0];
+      const usersToIgnore = [mockUsers[1], mockUsers[2]];
+      await UsersService.ignoreUsers(user.id, usersToIgnore.map(u => u.id));
+      const userAfterIgnoring = await UsersService.findById(user.id);
+      expect(userAfterIgnoring.ignoresUsers.length).to.equal(2);
+
+      // ignore same user another time, make sure it's not added to the list.
+      await UsersService.ignoreUsers(user.id, usersToIgnore.slice(0, 1).map(u => u.id));
+      const userAfterIgnoring2 = await UsersService.findById(user.id);
+      expect(userAfterIgnoring2.ignoresUsers.length).to.equal(2);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('#ban', () => {
     it('should set the status to banned', () => {
       return UsersService