diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/gerrit.py b/bugwarrior/services/gerrit.py
index 30c35600..0b61b9a1 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/gerrit.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/gerrit.py
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 from bugwarrior import config
 from bugwarrior.services import IssueService, Issue, ServiceClient
 
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class GerritConfig(config.ServiceConfig):
     service: typing_extensions.Literal['gerrit']
@@ -16,6 +19,7 @@ class GerritConfig(config.ServiceConfig):
 
     ssl_ca_path: typing.Optional[config.ExpandedPath] = None
     query: str = 'is:open+is:reviewer'
+    ignore_user_comments: config.ConfigList = config.ConfigList([])
 
 
 class GerritIssue(Issue):
@@ -151,6 +155,9 @@ def annotations(self, change):
             else:
                 username = item['author']['_account_id']
             # Gerrit messages are really messy
+            if username in self.config.ignore_user_comments:
+                log.debug(" ignoring comment from %s", username)
+                continue
             message = item['message']\
                 .lstrip('Patch Set ')\
                 .lstrip("%s:" % item['_revision_number'])\
diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/github.py b/bugwarrior/services/github.py
index 89037550..676f9c69 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/github.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/github.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class GithubConfig(config.ServiceConfig):
     body_length: int = sys.maxsize
     project_owner_prefix: bool = False
     issue_urls: config.ConfigList = config.ConfigList([])
+    ignore_user_comments: config.ConfigList = config.ConfigList([])
 
     @pydantic.root_validator
     def deprecate_password(cls, values):
@@ -389,10 +390,16 @@ def annotations(self, tag, issue, issue_obj):
         if self.main_config.annotation_comments:
             comments = self._comments(tag, issue['number'])
             log.debug(" got comments for %s", issue['html_url'])
-            annotations = ((
-                c['user']['login'],
-                c['body'],
-            ) for c in comments)
+            annotations = []
+            for c in comments:
+                login = c['user']['login']
+                if login in self.config.ignore_user_comments:
+                    log.debug(" ignoring comment from %s", login)
+                    continue
+                annotations.append((
+                    login,
+                    c['body'],
+                ))
         return self.build_annotations(
             annotations,
             issue_obj.get_processed_url(url)