diff --git a/app/controllers/internal/configs_controller.rb b/app/controllers/internal/configs_controller.rb
index c1c6f9569..d1923370d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/internal/configs_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/internal/configs_controller.rb
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ class Internal::ConfigsController < Internal::ApplicationController
       rate_limit_image_upload
       rate_limit_published_article_creation
       rate_limit_organization_creation
+      rate_limit_user_subscription_creation
     ]
   end
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/user_subscriptions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/user_subscriptions_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25640939a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/user_subscriptions_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+class UserSubscriptionsController < ApplicationController
+  before_action :authenticate_user!
+
+  USER_SUBSCRIPTION_PARAMS = %i[source_type source_id subscriber_email].freeze
+
+  def subscribed
+    params.require(%i[source_type source_id])
+    source_type = params[:source_type]
+    source_id = params[:source_id]
+
+    is_subscribed = UserSubscriptions::SubscriptionCacheChecker.call(current_user, source_type, source_id)
+
+    render json: { is_subscribed: is_subscribed, success: true }, status: :ok
+  end
+
+  def create
+    rate_limit!(:user_subscription_creation)
+
+    source_type = user_subscription_params[:source_type]
+    return error_response("invalid source_type") unless UserSubscription::ALLOWED_TYPES.include?(source_type)
+
+    source_id = user_subscription_params[:source_id]
+    user_subscription_source = source_type.constantize.find_by(id: source_id)
+    return error_response("source not found") unless active_source?(source_type, user_subscription_source)
+
+    unless user_subscription_tag_enabled?(source_type, user_subscription_source)
+      return error_response("user subscriptions are not enabled for the requested source")
+    end
+
+    return error_response("subscriber email mismatch") if subscriber_email_stale?
+
+    @user_subscription = user_subscription_source.build_user_subscription(current_user)
+
+    if @user_subscription.save
+      rate_limiter.track_limit_by_action(:user_subscription_creation)
+      render json: { message: "success", success: true }, status: :ok
+    else
+      error_response(@user_subscription.errors.full_messages.to_sentence)
+    end
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def user_subscription_tag_enabled?(source_type, user_subscription_source)
+    liquid_tags =
+      case source_type
+      when "Article"
+        user_subscription_source.liquid_tags_used(:body)
+      else
+        user_subscription_source.liquid_tags_used
+      end
+
+    liquid_tags.include?(UserSubscriptionTag)
+  end
+
+  def active_source?(source_type, user_subscription_source)
+    return false unless user_subscription_source
+
+    # Don't create new user subscriptions for inactive sources
+    # (i.e. unpublished Articles, deleted Comments, etc.)
+    case source_type
+    when "Article"
+      user_subscription_source.published?
+    else
+      false
+    end
+  end
+
+  def error_response(msg)
+    render json: { error: msg, success: false }, status: :unprocessable_entity
+  end
+
+  # This checks if the email address the user saw/consented to share is the
+  # same as their current email address. A mismatch occurs if a user updates
+  # their email address in a new/separate tab and then tries to subscribe on
+  # the old/stale tab without refreshing. In that case, the user would have
+  # consented to share their old email address instead of the current one.
+  def subscriber_email_stale?
+    current_user&.email != user_subscription_params[:subscriber_email]
+  end
+
+  def user_subscription_params
+    params.require(:user_subscription).permit(USER_SUBSCRIPTION_PARAMS)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/helpers/rate_limit_checker_helper.rb b/app/helpers/rate_limit_checker_helper.rb
index 5d449754f..8ccc859b7 100644
--- a/app/helpers/rate_limit_checker_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/rate_limit_checker_helper.rb
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ module RateLimitCheckerHelper
       min: 1,
       placeholder: 2,
       description: "The number of times we will send a confirmation email to a user in a 2 minute period"
+    },
+    rate_limit_user_subscription_creation: {
+      min: 0,
+      placeholder: 3,
+      description: "The number of user subscriptions a user can submit within 30 seconds"
     }
   }.freeze
 
diff --git a/app/liquid_tags/user_subscription_tag.rb b/app/liquid_tags/user_subscription_tag.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..410419439
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/liquid_tags/user_subscription_tag.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class UserSubscriptionTag < LiquidTagBase
+  def initialize(_tag_name, cta_text, _tokens)
+    @cta_text = cta_text.strip
+  end
+
+  def render(context); end
+end
+
+Liquid::Template.register_tag("user_subscription", UserSubscriptionTag)
diff --git a/app/models/article.rb b/app/models/article.rb
index f653a0d66..fe6503da7 100644
--- a/app/models/article.rb
+++ b/app/models/article.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class Article < ApplicationRecord
   SEARCH_SERIALIZER = Search::ArticleSerializer
   SEARCH_CLASS = Search::FeedContent
   DATA_SYNC_CLASS = DataSync::Elasticsearch::Article
+  RESTRICTED_LIQUID_TAGS = [PollTag, UserSubscriptionTag].freeze
 
   acts_as_taggable_on :tags
   resourcify
@@ -351,6 +352,22 @@ class Article < ApplicationRecord
                    spaminess_rating: BlackBox.calculate_spaminess(self))
   end
 
+  def liquid_tags_used(section = nil)
+    content =
+      case section
+      when :body
+        body_markdown
+      when :comments
+        comments_blob
+      else
+        "#{body_markdown}#{comments_blob}"
+      end
+
+    MarkdownParser.new(content).tags_used
+  rescue StandardError
+    []
+  end
+
   private
 
   def search_score
@@ -434,12 +451,6 @@ class Article < ApplicationRecord
     Rails.logger.error(e)
   end
 
-  def liquid_tags_used
-    MarkdownParser.new("#{body_markdown}#{comments_blob}").tags_used
-  rescue StandardError
-    []
-  end
-
   def update_notifications
     Notification.update_notifications(self, "Published")
   end
@@ -535,9 +546,11 @@ class Article < ApplicationRecord
     errors.add(:canonical_url, "must not have spaces") if canonical_url.to_s.match?(/[[:space:]]/)
   end
 
+  # TODO: (Alex Smith) refactor liquid tag permissions
+  #
   # Admin only beta tags etc.
   def validate_liquid_tag_permissions
-    errors.add(:body_markdown, "must only use permitted tags") if liquid_tags_used.include?(PollTag) && !(user.has_role?(:super_admin) || user.has_role?(:admin))
+    errors.add(:body_markdown, "must only use permitted tags") if (liquid_tags_used & RESTRICTED_LIQUID_TAGS).any? && !(user.has_role?(:super_admin) || user.has_role?(:admin))
   end
 
   def create_slug
diff --git a/app/models/site_config.rb b/app/models/site_config.rb
index 7e0a351bc..1004eae65 100644
--- a/app/models/site_config.rb
+++ b/app/models/site_config.rb
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ class SiteConfig < RailsSettings::Base
   field :rate_limit_send_email_confirmation, type: :integer, default: 2
   field :rate_limit_feedback_message_creation, type: :integer, default: 5
   field :rate_limit_user_update, type: :integer, default: 5
+  field :rate_limit_user_subscription_creation, type: :integer, default: 3
 
   # Social Media
   field :staff_user_id, type: :integer, default: 1
diff --git a/app/models/user_subscription.rb b/app/models/user_subscription.rb
index 8ebeff98f..269f860e2 100644
--- a/app/models/user_subscription.rb
+++ b/app/models/user_subscription.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 class UserSubscription < ApplicationRecord
   ALLOWED_TYPES = %w[Article].freeze
 
+  counter_culture :subscriber, column_name: "subscribed_to_user_subscriptions_count"
+
   belongs_to :author, class_name: "User", inverse_of: :source_authored_user_subscriptions
   belongs_to :subscriber, class_name: "User", inverse_of: :subscribed_to_user_subscriptions
   belongs_to :user_subscription_sourceable, polymorphic: true
diff --git a/app/services/rate_limit_checker.rb b/app/services/rate_limit_checker.rb
index 477d3dcec..d45126b30 100644
--- a/app/services/rate_limit_checker.rb
+++ b/app/services/rate_limit_checker.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class RateLimitChecker
     published_article_creation: { retry_after: 30 },
     reaction_creation: { retry_after: 30 },
     send_email_confirmation: { retry_after: 120 },
+    user_subscription_creation: { retry_after: 30 },
     user_update: { retry_after: 30 }
   }.with_indifferent_access.freeze
 
diff --git a/app/services/user_subscriptions/subscription_cache_checker.rb b/app/services/user_subscriptions/subscription_cache_checker.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aaa220331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/user_subscriptions/subscription_cache_checker.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+module UserSubscriptions
+  class SubscriptionCacheChecker
+    attr_accessor :user, :source_type, :source_id
+
+    def self.call(*args)
+      new(*args).call
+    end
+
+    def initialize(user, source_type, source_id)
+      @user = user
+      @source_type = source_type
+      @source_id = source_id
+    end
+
+    def call
+      cache_key = "user-#{user.id}-#{user.updated_at.rfc3339}-#{user.subscribed_to_user_subscriptions_count}/is_subscribed_#{source_type}_#{source_id}"
+      Rails.cache.fetch(cache_key, expires_in: 24.hours) do
+        UserSubscription.where(
+          subscriber_id: user.id,
+          user_subscription_sourceable_type: source_type,
+          user_subscription_sourceable_id: source_id,
+        ).any?
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index c154c0a60..0b9e1369f 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -235,6 +235,11 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
   resources :podcasts, only: %i[new create]
   resources :article_approvals, only: %i[create]
   resources :video_chats, only: %i[show]
+  resources :user_subscriptions, only: %i[create] do
+    collection do
+      get "/subscribed", action: "subscribed"
+    end
+  end
   namespace :followings, defaults: { format: :json } do
     get :users
     get :tags
diff --git a/db/migrate/20200618212422_add_subscribed_to_user_subscriptions_count_to_users.rb b/db/migrate/20200618212422_add_subscribed_to_user_subscriptions_count_to_users.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c00b63848
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20200618212422_add_subscribed_to_user_subscriptions_count_to_users.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class AddSubscribedToUserSubscriptionsCountToUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.0]
+  def self.up
+    add_column :users, :subscribed_to_user_subscriptions_count, :integer, null: false, default: 0
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    remove_column :users, :subscribed_to_user_subscriptions_count
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index ee58423a3..775e0fa1d 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_06_17_183058) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_06_18_212422) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -1276,6 +1276,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_06_17_183058) do
     t.integer "spent_credits_count", default: 0, null: false
     t.string "stackoverflow_url"
     t.string "stripe_id_code"
+    t.integer "subscribed_to_user_subscriptions_count", default: 0, null: false
     t.text "summary"
     t.string "text_color_hex"
     t.string "twitch_url"
diff --git a/spec/models/article_spec.rb b/spec/models/article_spec.rb
index 92ff25d82..9d540b1c5 100644
--- a/spec/models/article_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/article_spec.rb
@@ -875,4 +875,30 @@ RSpec.describe Article, type: :model do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#liquid_tags_used" do
+    let(:user_liquid_tag) { "{% user #{user.username} %}" }
+    let(:article_body_markdown) { "---\ntitle: Tag Liquid Tag#{rand(1000)}\npublished: true\n---\n\n#{user_liquid_tag}" }
+    let(:article_with_user_liquid_tag) { create(:article, body_markdown: article_body_markdown) }
+    let(:tag) { create(:tag) }
+    let(:tag_liquid_tag) { "{% tag #{tag.name} %}" }
+    let(:comment_with_tag_liquid_tag) { create(:comment, body_markdown: tag_liquid_tag, commentable: article_with_user_liquid_tag, score: 20) }
+
+    before do
+      comment_with_tag_liquid_tag
+      article_with_user_liquid_tag.reload
+    end
+
+    it "returns liquid tags from both the body and comments by default" do
+      expect(article_with_user_liquid_tag.liquid_tags_used).to match_array([TagTag, UserTag])
+    end
+
+    it "returns liquid tags from only the body of the Article" do
+      expect(article_with_user_liquid_tag.liquid_tags_used(:body)).to match_array([UserTag])
+    end
+
+    it "returns liquid tags from only the comments of the Article" do
+      expect(article_with_user_liquid_tag.liquid_tags_used(:comments)).to match_array([TagTag])
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/user_subscription_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_subscription_spec.rb
index 373135d98..5569684e1 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_subscription_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_subscription_spec.rb
@@ -50,4 +50,25 @@ RSpec.describe UserSubscription, type: :model do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe "counter_culture" do
+    let(:user) { create(:user) }
+
+    context "when a UserSubscription is created" do
+      it "increments subscribed_to_user_subscriptions_count on user" do
+        expect do
+          create(:user_subscription, subscriber: user)
+        end.to change { user.reload.subscribed_to_user_subscriptions_count }.by(1)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when a UserSubscription is destroyed" do
+      it "decrements subscribed_to_user_subscriptions_count on user" do
+        user_subscription = create(:user_subscription, subscriber: user)
+        expect do
+          user_subscription.destroy
+        end.to change { user.reload.subscribed_to_user_subscriptions_count }.by(-1)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/requests/internal/configs_spec.rb b/spec/requests/internal/configs_spec.rb
index 9d3cdc3fc..249f783b4 100644
--- a/spec/requests/internal/configs_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/internal/configs_spec.rb
@@ -361,6 +361,12 @@ RSpec.describe "/internal/config", type: :request do
             post "/internal/config", params: { site_config: { rate_limit_email_recipient: 3 }, confirmation: confirmation_message }
           end.to change(SiteConfig, :rate_limit_email_recipient).from(5).to(3)
         end
+
+        it "updates rate_limit_user_subscription_creation" do
+          expect do
+            post "/internal/config", params: { site_config: { rate_limit_user_subscription_creation: 1 }, confirmation: confirmation_message }
+          end.to change(SiteConfig, :rate_limit_user_subscription_creation).from(3).to(1)
+        end
       end
 
       describe "Social Media" do
diff --git a/spec/requests/user_subscriptions_spec.rb b/spec/requests/user_subscriptions_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d735e4cd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/requests/user_subscriptions_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe "UserSubscriptions", type: :request do
+  # TODO: (Alex Smith) remove super_admin restriction before final release
+  let(:super_admin_user) { create(:user, :super_admin) }
+  let(:user) { create(:user) }
+
+  before { sign_in user }
+
+  describe "GET /user_subscriptions/subscribed - UserSubscriptions#subscribed" do
+    it "raises an error for missing params" do
+      expect { get subscribed_user_subscriptions_path, params: {} }.to raise_error(ActionController::ParameterMissing)
+    end
+
+    it "returns true if a user is already subscribed" do
+      article = create(:article)
+
+      create(:user_subscription,
+             subscriber_id: user.id,
+             subscriber_email: user.email,
+             author_id: article.user_id,
+             user_subscription_sourceable: article)
+
+      valid_params = { source_type: article.class_name, source_id: article.id }
+      get subscribed_user_subscriptions_path, params: valid_params
+
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
+      expect(response.parsed_body["is_subscribed"]).to eq true
+    end
+
+    it "returns false if a user is not already subscribed" do
+      valid_params = { source_type: "Article", source_id: 999 }
+      get subscribed_user_subscriptions_path, params: valid_params
+
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
+      expect(response.parsed_body["is_subscribed"]).to eq false
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "POST /user_subscriptions - UserSubscriptions#create" do
+    it "creates a UserSubscription" do
+      article = create(:article, user: super_admin_user, body_markdown: "---\ntitle: User Subscription#{rand(1000)}\npublished: true\n---\n\n{% user_subscription 'CTA text' %}")
+      valid_attributes = { source_type: article.class_name, source_id: article.id, subscriber_email: user.email }
+      expect do
+        post user_subscriptions_path,
+             headers: { "Content-Type" => "application/json" },
+             params: { user_subscription: valid_attributes }.to_json
+      end.to change(UserSubscription, :count).by(1)
+
+      user_subscription = UserSubscription.last
+      expect(user_subscription.subscriber_id).to eq user.id
+      expect(user_subscription.author_id).to eq article.user_id
+      expect(user_subscription.user_subscription_sourceable_type).to eq article.class_name
+      expect(user_subscription.user_subscription_sourceable_id).to eq article.id
+    end
+
+    it "returns an error for an invalid source_type" do
+      invalid_source_type_attributes = { source_type: "NonExistentSourceType", source_id: "1", subscriber_email: user.email }
+      expect do
+        post user_subscriptions_path,
+             headers: { "Content-Type" => "application/json" },
+             params: { user_subscription: invalid_source_type_attributes }.to_json
+      end.to change(UserSubscription, :count).by(0)
+
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:unprocessable_entity)
+      expect(response.parsed_body["error"]).to eq("invalid source_type")
+    end
+
+    it "returns an error for a source that can't be found" do
+      invalid_source_attributes = { source_type: "Article", source_id: "99999999" }
+      expect do
+        post user_subscriptions_path,
+             headers: { "Content-Type" => "application/json" },
+             params: { user_subscription: invalid_source_attributes }.to_json
+      end.to change(UserSubscription, :count).by(0)
+
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:unprocessable_entity)
+      expect(response.parsed_body["error"]).to eq("source not found")
+    end
+
+    it "returns an error for an inactive source" do
+      unpublished_article = create(:article, user: super_admin_user, body_markdown: "---\ntitle: User Subscription#{rand(1000)}\npublished: false\n---\n\n{% user_subscription 'CTA text' %}")
+      invalid_source_attributes = { source_type: unpublished_article.class_name, source_id: unpublished_article.id, subscriber_email: user.email }
+      expect do
+        post user_subscriptions_path,
+             headers: { "Content-Type" => "application/json" },
+             params: { user_subscription: invalid_source_attributes }.to_json
+      end.to change(UserSubscription, :count).by(0)
+
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:unprocessable_entity)
+      expect(response.parsed_body["error"]).to eq("source not found")
+    end
+
+    it "returns an error for a source that doesn't have the UserSubscription liquid tag enabled" do
+      article = create(:article)
+      invalid_source_attributes = { source_type: article.class_name, source_id: article.id, subscriber_email: user.email }
+      expect do
+        post user_subscriptions_path,
+             headers: { "Content-Type" => "application/json" },
+             params: { user_subscription: invalid_source_attributes }.to_json
+      end.to change(UserSubscription, :count).by(0)
+
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:unprocessable_entity)
+      expect(response.parsed_body["error"]).to eq("user subscriptions are not enabled for the requested source")
+    end
+
+    it "returns an error for an invalid UserSubscription" do
+      article = create(:article, user: super_admin_user, body_markdown: "---\ntitle: User Subscription#{rand(1000)}\npublished: true\n---\n\n{% user_subscription 'CTA text' %}")
+
+      # Create the UserSubscription directly so it results in a
+      # duplicate/invalid record and returns an error. This mimics a user
+      # trying to subscribe to the same user via the same source, twice.
+      create(:user_subscription,
+             subscriber_id: user.id,
+             subscriber_email: user.email,
+             author_id: article.user.id,
+             user_subscription_sourceable: article)
+
+      invalid_source_attributes = { source_type: article.class_name, source_id: article.id, subscriber_email: user.email }
+
+      expect do
+        post user_subscriptions_path,
+             headers: { "Content-Type" => "application/json" },
+             params: { user_subscription: invalid_source_attributes }.to_json
+      end.to change(UserSubscription, :count).by(0)
+
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:unprocessable_entity)
+      expect(response.parsed_body["error"]).to eq("Subscriber has already been taken")
+    end
+
+    it "returns an error for an email mismatch" do
+      article = create(:article, user: super_admin_user, body_markdown: "---\ntitle: User Subscription#{rand(1000)}\npublished: true\n---\n\n{% user_subscription 'CTA text' %}")
+
+      invalid_source_attributes = { source_type: article.class_name, source_id: article.id, subscriber_email: "old_email@test.com" }
+
+      expect do
+        post user_subscriptions_path,
+             headers: { "Content-Type" => "application/json" },
+             params: { user_subscription: invalid_source_attributes }.to_json
+      end.to change(UserSubscription, :count).by(0)
+
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:unprocessable_entity)
+      expect(response.parsed_body["error"]).to eq("subscriber email mismatch")
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "when rate limiting" do
+    let(:rate_limiter) { RateLimitChecker.new(user) }
+    let(:article) { create(:article, user: super_admin_user, body_markdown: "---\ntitle: User Subscription#{rand(1000)}\npublished: true\n---\n\n{% user_subscription 'CTA text' %}") }
+    let(:valid_attributes) { { source_type: article.class_name, source_id: article.id, subscriber_email: user.email } }
+
+    before { allow(RateLimitChecker).to receive(:new).and_return(rate_limiter) }
+
+    it "increments rate limit for user_subscription_creation" do
+      allow(rate_limiter).to receive(:track_limit_by_action)
+      post user_subscriptions_path,
+           headers: { "Content-Type" => "application/json" },
+           params: { user_subscription: valid_attributes }.to_json
+
+      expect(rate_limiter).to have_received(:track_limit_by_action).with(:user_subscription_creation)
+    end
+
+    it "returns a 429 status when rate limit is reached" do
+      allow(rate_limiter).to receive(:limit_by_action).and_return(true)
+      post user_subscriptions_path,
+           headers: { "Content-Type" => "application/json" },
+           params: { user_subscription: valid_attributes }.to_json
+
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:too_many_requests)
+      expected_retry_after = RateLimitChecker::ACTION_LIMITERS.dig(:user_subscription_creation, :retry_after)
+      expect(response.headers["Retry-After"]).to eq(expected_retry_after)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/services/user_subscriptions/subscription_cache_checker_spec.rb b/spec/services/user_subscriptions/subscription_cache_checker_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7458f04c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/services/user_subscriptions/subscription_cache_checker_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe UserSubscriptions::SubscriptionCacheChecker, type: :service do
+  let(:user) { create(:user) }
+  let(:article) { create(:article) }
+
+  it "checks if subscribed to a thing and returns true if they are" do
+    create(:user_subscription,
+           subscriber_id: user.id,
+           subscriber_email: user.email,
+           author_id: article.user_id,
+           user_subscription_sourceable: article)
+
+    expect(described_class.call(user, article.class_name, article.id)).to eq(true)
+  end
+
+  it "checks if subscribed to a thing and returns false if they are not" do
+    expect(described_class.call(user, article.class_name, article.id)).to eq(false)
+  end
+end