diff --git a/app/lib/bangtags.rb b/app/lib/bangtags.rb
index b9427a1f6..421c142ef 100644
--- a/app/lib/bangtags.rb
+++ b/app/lib/bangtags.rb
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ class Bangtags
             plain.gsub!(/ dot /i, '.')
             chunk = plain.scan(/[\w\-]+\.[\w\-]+(?:\.[\w\-]+)*/).uniq.join(' ')
           when 'noreplies', 'noats', 'close'
+            next unless @parent_status.account.id == @account.id || @account.user.admin?
             @parent_status.reject_replies = true
             @parent_status.save
             Rails.cache.delete("statuses/#{@parent_status.id}")