diff --git a/app/lish/[did]/[publication]/[rkey]/Interactions/Interactions.tsx b/app/lish/[did]/[publication]/[rkey]/Interactions/Interactions.tsx
index ec943fd5..5af450ce 100644
--- a/app/lish/[did]/[publication]/[rkey]/Interactions/Interactions.tsx
+++ b/app/lish/[did]/[publication]/[rkey]/Interactions/Interactions.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export const Interactions = (props: {
   commentsCount: number;
   compact?: boolean;
   className?: string;
+  showComments?: boolean;
 }) => {
   let { drawerOpen, drawer } = useInteractionState();
 
@@ -52,17 +53,19 @@ export const Interactions = (props: {
         <QuoteTiny /> {props.quotesCount}{" "}
         {!props.compact && `Quote${props.quotesCount === 1 ? "" : "s"}`}
       </button>
-      <button
-        className={`flex gap-1 items-center ${!props.compact && "px-1 py-0.5 border border-border-light rounded-lg trasparent-outline selected-outline"}`}
-        onClick={() => {
-          if (!drawerOpen || drawer !== "comments")
-            openInteractionDrawer("comments");
-          else useInteractionState.setState({ drawerOpen: false });
-        }}
-      >
-        <CommentTiny /> {props.commentsCount}{" "}
-        {!props.compact && `Comment${props.commentsCount === 1 ? "" : "s"}`}
-      </button>
+      {props.showComments === false ? null : (
+        <button
+          className={`flex gap-1 items-center ${!props.compact && "px-1 py-0.5 border border-border-light rounded-lg trasparent-outline selected-outline"}`}
+          onClick={() => {
+            if (!drawerOpen || drawer !== "comments")
+              openInteractionDrawer("comments");
+            else useInteractionState.setState({ drawerOpen: false });
+          }}
+        >
+          <CommentTiny /> {props.commentsCount}{" "}
+          {!props.compact && `Comment${props.commentsCount === 1 ? "" : "s"}`}
+        </button>
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/app/lish/[did]/[publication]/[rkey]/PostHeader/PostHeader.tsx b/app/lish/[did]/[publication]/[rkey]/PostHeader/PostHeader.tsx
index 251446f2..7d35b88f 100644
--- a/app/lish/[did]/[publication]/[rkey]/PostHeader/PostHeader.tsx
+++ b/app/lish/[did]/[publication]/[rkey]/PostHeader/PostHeader.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export function PostHeader(props: {
   data: PostPageData;
   name: string;
   profile: ProfileViewDetailed;
+  preferences: { showComments?: boolean };
 }) {
   let { identity } = useIdentityData();
   let document = props.data;
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ export function PostHeader(props: {
             ) : null}
             |{" "}
             <Interactions
+              showComments={props.preferences.showComments}
               compact
               quotesCount={document.document_mentions_in_bsky.length}
               commentsCount={document.comments_on_documents.length}
diff --git a/app/lish/[did]/[publication]/[rkey]/PostPage.tsx b/app/lish/[did]/[publication]/[rkey]/PostPage.tsx
index c2792464..8ee361cb 100644
--- a/app/lish/[did]/[publication]/[rkey]/PostPage.tsx
+++ b/app/lish/[did]/[publication]/[rkey]/PostPage.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export function PostPage({
   name,
   did,
   profile,
+  preferences,
   pubRecord,
   prerenderedCodeBlocks,
   bskyPostData,
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ export function PostPage({
   did: string;
   prerenderedCodeBlocks?: Map<string, string>;
   bskyPostData: AppBskyFeedDefs.PostView[];
+  preferences: { showComments?: boolean };
 }) {
   let { identity } = useIdentityData();
   let { drawerOpen } = useInteractionState();
@@ -62,7 +64,12 @@ export function PostPage({
         <div
           className={`postPageContent sm:max-w-prose mx-auto h-fit w-full px-3 sm:px-4 ${hasPageBackground ? " pt-2 pb-3 sm:pb-6" : "py-6 sm:py-9"}`}
         >
-          <PostHeader data={document} profile={profile} name={name} />
+          <PostHeader
+            data={document}
+            profile={profile}
+            name={name}
+            preferences={preferences}
+          />
           <PostContent
             bskyPostData={bskyPostData}
             blocks={blocks}
@@ -70,6 +77,7 @@ export function PostPage({
             prerenderedCodeBlocks={prerenderedCodeBlocks}
           />
           <Interactions
+            showComments={preferences.showComments}
             quotesCount={document.document_mentions_in_bsky.length}
             commentsCount={document.comments_on_documents.length}
           />
diff --git a/app/lish/[did]/[publication]/[rkey]/page.tsx b/app/lish/[did]/[publication]/[rkey]/page.tsx
index 9dba7398..3ce8ae47 100644
--- a/app/lish/[did]/[publication]/[rkey]/page.tsx
+++ b/app/lish/[did]/[publication]/[rkey]/page.tsx
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ export default async function Post(props: {
            */}
           <PageLayout>
             <PostPage
+              preferences={pubRecord.preferences || {}}
               pubRecord={pubRecord}
               profile={JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(profile.data))}
               document={document}
@@ -171,7 +172,11 @@ export default async function Post(props: {
             />
             <InteractionDrawer
               document_uri={document.uri}
-              comments={document.comments_on_documents}
+              comments={
+                pubRecord.preferences?.showComments === false
+                  ? []
+                  : document.comments_on_documents
+              }
               quotes={document.document_mentions_in_bsky}
               did={did}
             />
diff --git a/app/lish/createPub/UpdatePubForm.tsx b/app/lish/createPub/UpdatePubForm.tsx
index 2f61301f..34935810 100644
--- a/app/lish/createPub/UpdatePubForm.tsx
+++ b/app/lish/createPub/UpdatePubForm.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ export const EditPubForm = () => {
       ? true
       : record.preferences.showInDiscover,
   );
+  let [showComments, setShowComments] = useState(
+    record?.preferences?.showComments === undefined
+      ? true
+      : record.preferences.showComments,
+  );
   let [descriptionValue, setDescriptionValue] = useState(
     record?.description || "",
   );
@@ -62,6 +67,7 @@ export const EditPubForm = () => {
           iconFile: iconFile,
           preferences: {
             showInDiscover: showInDiscover,
+            showComments: showComments,
           },
         });
         toast({ type: "success", content: "Updated!" });
@@ -155,6 +161,15 @@ export const EditPubForm = () => {
           </p>
         </div>
       </Checkbox>
+
+      <Checkbox
+        checked={showComments}
+        onChange={(e) => setShowComments(e.target.checked)}
+      >
+        <div className=" pt-0.5 flex flex-col  text-sm italic text-tertiary ">
+          <p className="font-bold">Show comments on posts</p>
+        </div>
+      </Checkbox>
       <hr className="border-border-light" />
 
       <ButtonPrimary className="place-self-end" type="submit">
diff --git a/lexicons/api/lexicons.ts b/lexicons/api/lexicons.ts
index e77f2a5c..41686974 100644
--- a/lexicons/api/lexicons.ts
+++ b/lexicons/api/lexicons.ts
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ export const schemaDict = {
             type: 'boolean',
             default: true,
           },
+          showComments: {
+            type: 'boolean',
+            default: true,
+          },
         },
       },
       theme: {
diff --git a/lexicons/api/types/pub/leaflet/publication.ts b/lexicons/api/types/pub/leaflet/publication.ts
index 4b20e1c0..00bd9d48 100644
--- a/lexicons/api/types/pub/leaflet/publication.ts
+++ b/lexicons/api/types/pub/leaflet/publication.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export function validateRecord<V>(v: V) {
 export interface Preferences {
   $type?: 'pub.leaflet.publication#preferences'
   showInDiscover: boolean
+  showComments: boolean
 }
 
 const hashPreferences = 'preferences'
diff --git a/lexicons/pub/leaflet/publication.json b/lexicons/pub/leaflet/publication.json
index 43377de5..def5d283 100644
--- a/lexicons/pub/leaflet/publication.json
+++ b/lexicons/pub/leaflet/publication.json
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
         "showInDiscover": {
           "type": "boolean",
           "default": true
+        },
+        "showComments": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": true
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/lexicons/src/publication.ts b/lexicons/src/publication.ts
index 6b4faa50..0f36ad35 100644
--- a/lexicons/src/publication.ts
+++ b/lexicons/src/publication.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export const PubLeafletPublication: LexiconDoc = {
       type: "object",
       properties: {
         showInDiscover: { type: "boolean", default: true },
+        showComments: { type: "boolean", default: true },
       },
     },
     theme: {