diff --git a/bookwyrm/forms/edit_user.py b/bookwyrm/forms/edit_user.py
index 9024972c3..13ac285d8 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/forms/edit_user.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/forms/edit_user.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class EditUserForm(CustomForm):
             "email",
             "summary",
             "show_goal",
+            "show_ratings",
             "show_suggested_users",
             "manually_approves_followers",
             "default_post_privacy",
diff --git a/bookwyrm/migrations/0209_user_show_ratings.py b/bookwyrm/migrations/0209_user_show_ratings.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94e074407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/migrations/0209_user_show_ratings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.15 on 2024-08-24 01:16
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("bookwyrm", "0208_merge_0207_merge_20240629_0626_0207_sqlparse_update"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="user",
+            name="show_ratings",
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/bookwyrm/models/user.py b/bookwyrm/models/user.py
index 80f1c2d9a..93465720e 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/models/user.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/models/user.py
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ class User(OrderedCollectionPageMixin, AbstractUser):
     hide_follows = fields.BooleanField(default=False)
 
     # migration fields
-
     moved_to = fields.RemoteIdField(
         null=True, unique=False, activitypub_field="movedTo", deduplication_field=False
     )
@@ -158,6 +157,7 @@ class User(OrderedCollectionPageMixin, AbstractUser):
     show_suggested_users = models.BooleanField(default=True)
     discoverable = fields.BooleanField(default=False)
     show_guided_tour = models.BooleanField(default=True)
+    show_ratings = models.BooleanField(default=True)
 
     # feed options
     feed_status_types = DjangoArrayField(
diff --git a/bookwyrm/static/js/bookwyrm.js b/bookwyrm/static/js/bookwyrm.js
index a2351a98c..5a5e5f68e 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/static/js/bookwyrm.js
+++ b/bookwyrm/static/js/bookwyrm.js
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ let BookWyrm = new (class {
             .querySelectorAll("[data-controls]")
             .forEach((button) => button.addEventListener("click", this.toggleAction.bind(this)));
 
+        document
+            .querySelectorAll("[data-disappear]")
+            .forEach((button) => button.addEventListener("click", this.hideSelf.bind(this)));
+
         document
             .querySelectorAll(".interaction")
             .forEach((button) => button.addEventListener("submit", this.interact.bind(this)));
@@ -181,6 +185,18 @@ let BookWyrm = new (class {
         this.addRemoveClass(visible, "is-hidden", true);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Hide the element you just clicked
+     *
+     * @param {Event} event
+     * @return {undefined}
+     */
+    hideSelf(event) {
+        let trigger = event.currentTarget;
+
+        this.addRemoveClass(trigger, "is-hidden", true);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Execute actions on targets based on triggers.
      *
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/preferences/edit_user.html b/bookwyrm/templates/preferences/edit_user.html
index f2b14babf..c10bc1ee4 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/preferences/edit_user.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/preferences/edit_user.html
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@
                     {% trans "Show reading goal prompt in feed" %}
                 </label>
             </div>
+            <div class="field">
+                <label class="checkbox label" for="id_show_ratings">
+                    {{ form.show_ratings }}
+                    {% trans "Show ratings" %}
+                </label>
+            </div>
             <div class="field">
                 <label class="checkbox label" for="id_show_suggested_users">
                     {{ form.show_suggested_users }}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/stars.html b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/stars.html
index 991110151..fe347e8b3 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/stars.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/stars.html
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
 {% spaceless %}
+{% load utilities %}
 {% load i18n %}
 
-<span class="stars">
+{% with 0|uuid as uuid %}
+<span class="stars tag">
+    {% if not request.user.show_ratings %}
+
+    <button type="button" data-controls="rating-{{ uuid }}" id="rating-button-{{ uuid }}" aria-pressed="false" data-disappear>
+        <em>{% trans "Show rating" %} </em>
+    </button>
+
+    {% endif %}
+
     {% if rating %}
+    <span class="{% if not request.user.show_ratings %}is-hidden{% endif %}" id="rating-{{ uuid }}">
         <span class="is-sr-only">
             {% blocktranslate trimmed with rating=rating|floatformat:0 count counter=rating|floatformat:0|add:0 %}
                 {{ rating }} star
@@ -19,8 +30,11 @@
                 aria-hidden="true"
             ></span>
         {% endfor %}
+    </span>
     {% else %}
         <span class="no-rating">{% trans "No rating" %}</span>
     {% endif %}
+
 </span>
+{% endwith %}
 {% endspaceless %}