diff --git a/comments/app.js b/comments/app.js
index 734d5d68e1314e327aec1a34475e6db2e24a4812..70eb14a1a30af7ec553780fedc2bc8bcd322f3d7 100644
--- a/comments/app.js
+++ b/comments/app.js
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ app.get('/auth/:sdk/:version/comments_recent', function(req, res) {
     var query = {
         offset: parseInt(req.query.offset, 10),
         limit: parseInt(req.query.limit, 10),
-        orderBy: req.query.sortByScore ? "vote" : "created_at"
+        orderBy: req.query.sortByScore ? "vote" : "created_at",
+        hideCurrentUser: req.query.hideCurrentUser
     };
     new Request(req).getRecentComments(query, function(comments) {
         res.json(comments);
diff --git a/comments/comments.js b/comments/comments.js
index a84a0beceaf2ddc4d299f6b6392b00d41ad220f9..b73a8bfb9c44d70a393239be4a24360ffc216775 100644
--- a/comments/comments.js
+++ b/comments/comments.js
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ Comments.prototype = {
      * @param {Number} [opts.offset=0] The starting index.
      * @param {Number} [opts.orderBy="created_at"] By which column to sort the results.
      * Two possible options here: "created_at" and "vote".
+     * @param {Number} [opts.hideUser=undefined] A user_id to hide.
      *
      * @param {Function} callback Called with the result.
      * @param {Error} callback.err The error object.
@@ -118,18 +119,19 @@ Comments.prototype = {
         var sql = [
             'SELECT ', this.fields.join(", "),
             'FROM', this.view,
-            'WHERE domain = ?',
+            'WHERE ', this.buildWhere(opts),
             'ORDER BY '+opts.orderBy+' DESC',
             'LIMIT ? OFFSET ?'
         ];
 
-        this.db.query(sql, [this.domain, opts.limit||100, opts.offset||0], this.fixFields(callback));
+        this.db.query(sql, [opts.limit||100, opts.offset||0], this.fixFields(callback));
     },
 
     /**
      * Counts number of comments in the current domain.
      *
-     * @param {Object} opts Reserved for future.
+     * @param {Object} opts Options for the query:
+     * @param {Number} [opts.hideUser=undefined] A user_id to hide.
      *
      * @param {Function} callback Called with the result.
      * @param {Error} callback.err The error object.
@@ -139,14 +141,23 @@ Comments.prototype = {
         var sql = [
             'SELECT COUNT(*) as count',
             'FROM', this.view,
-            'WHERE domain = ?'
+            'WHERE ', this.buildWhere(opts)
         ];
 
-        this.db.queryOne(sql, [this.domain], function(err, row) {
+        this.db.queryOne(sql, [], function(err, row) {
             callback(err, +row.count);
         });
     },
 
+    // helper for building the WHERE expression in #findRecent and #count.
+    buildWhere: function(opts) {
+        var where = [this.db.format("domain = ?", [this.domain])];
+        if (opts.hideUser) {
+            where.push(this.db.format("user_id <> ?", [opts.hideUser]));
+        }
+        return where.join(" AND ");
+    },
+
     /**
      * Returns number of comments for each target in the current
      * domain.
diff --git a/comments/comments.spec.js b/comments/comments.spec.js
index ff58aaa0de04f2b9ad004d722352f9aa9c921caf..4e9681f4c1f94f48c0367c4b42791ef7193d131d 100644
--- a/comments/comments.spec.js
+++ b/comments/comments.spec.js
@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ describe("Comments", function() {
         });
     });
 
+    it("#findRecent with hideUser:1 excludes user with ID 1 from results", function(done) {
+        comments.findRecent({hideUser: 1}, function(err, rows) {
+            expect(rows.every(function(r){return r.user_id !== 1;})).toEqual(true);
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
     it("#count gets total number of comments in current domain", function(done) {
         comments.count({}, function(err, cnt) {
             expect(cnt).toEqual(24);
@@ -171,6 +178,13 @@ describe("Comments", function() {
         });
     });
 
+    it("#count with hideUser:1 excludes comments by that user from the count", function(done) {
+        comments.count({hideUser: 1}, function(err, cnt) {
+            expect(cnt).toEqual(19);
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
     it("#countPerTarget gets number of comments for each target", function(done) {
         comments.countsPerTarget(function(err, counts) {
             var line = counts.filter(function(row) { return row._id === "class__Ext__"; })[0];
diff --git a/comments/request.js b/comments/request.js
index 5bcf6687be0a0737e14636e69a87637c0234bf30..33c326c73bf3530ae45dbcf53ced5c9f21e83885 100644
--- a/comments/request.js
+++ b/comments/request.js
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ Request.prototype = {
     },
 
     getRecentComments: function(query, callback) {
+        if (query.hideCurrentUser) {
+            query.hideUser = this.getUserId();
+        }
+
         this.db.comments().findRecent(query, function(err, comments) {
             this.db.comments().count(query, function(err, total) {
                 var commentsOut = comments.map(ApiAdapter.commentToJson, ApiAdapter);