diff --git a/app/controllers/comments_controller.rb b/app/controllers/comments_controller.rb
index 3dc40255f..fec1cdf16 100644
--- a/app/controllers/comments_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/comments_controller.rb
@@ -285,10 +285,10 @@ class CommentsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def rate_limit_to_use
-    if current_user.created_at.before?(3.days.ago.beginning_of_day)
-      :comment_creation
-    else
+    if current_user.decorate.considered_new?
       :comment_antispam_creation
+    else
+      :comment_creation
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/decorators/user_decorator.rb b/app/decorators/user_decorator.rb
index cc60850d2..37040afb2 100644
--- a/app/decorators/user_decorator.rb
+++ b/app/decorators/user_decorator.rb
@@ -106,4 +106,11 @@ class UserDecorator < ApplicationDecorator
   def stackbit_integration?
     access_tokens.any?
   end
+
+  def considered_new?
+    min_days = SiteConfig.user_considered_new_days
+    return false unless min_days.positive?
+
+    created_at.after?(min_days.days.ago)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/helpers/rate_limit_checker_helper.rb b/app/helpers/rate_limit_checker_helper.rb
index 7edad726a..f027877f0 100644
--- a/app/helpers/rate_limit_checker_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/rate_limit_checker_helper.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 module RateLimitCheckerHelper
+  NEW_USER_MESSAGE = "How many %<thing>s can a new member (%<timeframe>s or less) " \
+    "create within any 5 minute period?".freeze
+
+  def self.new_user_message(thing)
+    timeframe = "day".pluralize(SiteConfig.user_considered_new_days)
+    format(NEW_USER_MESSAGE, thing: thing, timeframe: timeframe)
+  end
+
   CONFIGURABLE_RATES = {
     rate_limit_published_article_creation: {
       min: 0,
@@ -10,7 +18,7 @@ module RateLimitCheckerHelper
       min: 0,
       placeholder: 1,
       title: "Limit number of posts created by a new member",
-      description: "How many posts can a new member (3 days or less) create within any 5 minute period?"
+      description: new_user_message("posts")
     },
     rate_limit_article_update: {
       min: 1,
@@ -58,7 +66,7 @@ module RateLimitCheckerHelper
       min: 0,
       placeholder: 1,
       title: "Limit number of comments created by a new member",
-      description: "How many comments can a new member (3 days or less) create within any 5 minute period?"
+      description: new_user_message("comments")
     },
     rate_limit_listing_creation: {
       min: 1,
diff --git a/app/lib/constants/site_config.rb b/app/lib/constants/site_config.rb
index 24e79328b..bd99ee250 100644
--- a/app/lib/constants/site_config.rb
+++ b/app/lib/constants/site_config.rb
@@ -339,6 +339,10 @@ module Constants
         description: "The \"API secret key\" portion of consumer keys in the Twitter developer portal.",
         placeholder: ""
       },
+      user_considered_new_days: {
+        description: "The number of days a user is considered new. The default is 3 days, but you can disable this entirely by inputting 0.",
+        placeholder: ::SiteConfig.user_considered_new_days
+      },
       video_encoder_key: {
         description: "Secret key used to allow AWS video encoding through the VideoStatesController",
         placeholder: ""
diff --git a/app/models/site_config.rb b/app/models/site_config.rb
index 6a167e562..a8b1e5160 100644
--- a/app/models/site_config.rb
+++ b/app/models/site_config.rb
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ class SiteConfig < RailsSettings::Base
 
   field :spam_trigger_terms, type: :array, default: []
 
+  field :user_considered_new_days, type: :integer, default: 3
+
   # Social Media
   field :social_media_handles, type: :hash, default: {
     twitter: nil,
diff --git a/app/services/articles/creator.rb b/app/services/articles/creator.rb
index 7d5583a5f..ccfdb3d04 100644
--- a/app/services/articles/creator.rb
+++ b/app/services/articles/creator.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module Articles
     attr_reader :user, :article_params, :event_dispatcher
 
     def rate_limit!
-      rate_limit_to_use = if user.created_at > 3.days.ago.beginning_of_day
+      rate_limit_to_use = if user.decorate.considered_new?
                             :published_article_antispam_creation
                           else
                             :published_article_creation
diff --git a/app/views/admin/configs/show.html.erb b/app/views/admin/configs/show.html.erb
index 86852ebc1..23f2d092c 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/configs/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/configs/show.html.erb
@@ -1092,6 +1092,15 @@
                        } %>
             <div id="rateLimitsBodyContainer" class="card-body collapse hide" aria-labelledby="rateLimitsBodyContainer">
               <fieldset class="grid gap-4">
+                <div class="crayons-field">
+                  <%= admin_config_label :user_considered_new_days %>
+                  <%= admin_config_description Constants::SiteConfig::DETAILS[:user_considered_new_days][:description] %>
+                  <%= f.number_field :user_considered_new_days,
+                                     class: "crayons-textfield",
+                                     value: SiteConfig.user_considered_new_days,
+                                     placeholder: Constants::SiteConfig::DETAILS[:user_considered_new_days][:placeholder] %>
+                </div>
+
                 <% configurable_rate_limits.each do |key, field_hash| %>
                   <div class="crayons-field">
                     <%= admin_config_label field_hash[:title] %>
diff --git a/spec/decorators/user_decorator_spec.rb b/spec/decorators/user_decorator_spec.rb
index 51705db77..29234fc71 100644
--- a/spec/decorators/user_decorator_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/decorators/user_decorator_spec.rb
@@ -228,4 +228,20 @@ RSpec.describe UserDecorator, type: :decorator do
       expect(user.decorate.stackbit_integration?).to be(true)
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#considered_new?" do
+    before do
+      allow(SiteConfig).to receive(:user_considered_new_days).and_return(3)
+    end
+
+    it "returns true for new users" do
+      user.created_at = 1.day.ago
+      expect(user.decorate.considered_new?).to be(true)
+    end
+
+    it "returns false for new users" do
+      user.created_at = 1.year.ago
+      expect(user.decorate.considered_new?).to be(false)
+    end
+  end
 end