diff --git a/files/helpers/const.py b/files/helpers/const.py
index d002df3e5..a704e70eb 100644
--- a/files/helpers/const.py
+++ b/files/helpers/const.py
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ PERMS = { # Minimum admin_level to perform action.
 	'USER_BLOCKS_VISIBLE': 0,
 	'USER_FOLLOWS_VISIBLE': 0,
 	'USER_VOTERS_VISIBLE': 0,
+	'POST_COMMENT_INFINITE_PINGS': 1,
 	'POST_COMMENT_MODERATION': 2,
 	'POST_COMMENT_DISTINGUISH': 1,
 	'POST_COMMENT_MODERATION_TOOLS_VISIBLE': 2, # note: does not affect API at all
diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index 4ba05b248..6ad659281 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ def sanitize(sanitized, golden=True, limit_pings=0, showmore=True, count_marseys
 	v = getattr(g, 'v', None)
 
 	names = set(m.group(2) for m in mention_regex.finditer(sanitized))
-	if limit_pings and len(names) > limit_pings and not v.admin_level: abort(406)
+	if limit_pings and len(names) > limit_pings and not v.admin_level >= PERMS['POST_COMMENT_INFINITE_PINGS']: abort(406)
 	users_list = get_users(names, graceful=True)
 	users_dict = {}
 	for u in users_list: