diff --git a/app/models/podcast_episode.rb b/app/models/podcast_episode.rb
index 788064a7b..7e8460cd8 100644
--- a/app/models/podcast_episode.rb
+++ b/app/models/podcast_episode.rb
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ class PodcastEpisode < ApplicationRecord
     ActionView::Base.full_sanitizer.sanitize(processed_html)
   end
 
+  def score
+    1 # When it is expected that a "commentable" has a score, this is the fallback.
+  end
+
   def zero_method
     0
   end
diff --git a/app/views/comments/index.html.erb b/app/views/comments/index.html.erb
index 42e674629..24046ae39 100644
--- a/app/views/comments/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/comments/index.html.erb
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
     <meta name="twitter:title" content="<%= truncate(strip_tags(@root_comment.processed_html), length: 50) %> — <%= community_name %>">
     <meta property="og:image" content="<%= comment_social_image_url(@root_comment) %>" />
     <meta name="twitter:image" content="<%= comment_social_image_url(@root_comment) %>">
+    <% if @root_comment.score < 0 || @commentable.score < 0 %>
+      <meta name="googlebot" content="noindex">
+      <meta name="googlebot" content="nofollow">
+    <% end %>
   <% else %>
     <link rel="canonical" href="<%= app_url("#{@commentable.path}/comments") %>" />
     <meta property="og:url" content="<%= app_url("#{@commentable.path}/comments") %>" />
diff --git a/spec/requests/comments_spec.rb b/spec/requests/comments_spec.rb
index db6c2aefa..b44b88bc0 100644
--- a/spec/requests/comments_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/comments_spec.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,23 @@ RSpec.describe "Comments", type: :request do
         get comment.path
         expect(response.body).to include(comment.processed_html)
       end
+
+      it "displays noindex if comment has score of less than 0" do
+        comment.update_column(:score, -5)
+        get comment.path
+        expect(response.body).to include('<meta name="googlebot" content="noindex">')
+      end
+
+      it "displays does not display noindex if comment has 0 or more score" do
+        get comment.path
+        expect(response.body).not_to include('<meta name="googlebot" content="noindex">')
+      end
+
+      it "displays noindex if comment has score of less than 0" do
+        comment.commentable.update_column(:score, -5)
+        get comment.path
+        expect(response.body).to include('<meta name="googlebot" content="noindex">')
+      end
     end
 
     context "when the comment is a child comment" do