diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
index 65d7346de..4b8762761 100644
--- a/config/config.exs
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@
   allow_followersonly: false,
   allow_direct: false
 
+config :pleroma, :mrf_hellthread, threshold: 10
+
 config :pleroma, :mrf_simple,
   media_removal: [],
   media_nsfw: [],
diff --git a/docs/config.md b/docs/config.md
index c35769f21..728916f82 100644
--- a/docs/config.md
+++ b/docs/config.md
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ This section is used to configure Pleroma-FE, unless ``:managed_config`` in ``:i
 * `allow_followersonly`: whether to allow followers-only posts
 * `allow_direct`: whether to allow direct messages
 
+## :mrf_hellthread
+* `threshold`: Number of mentioned users after which the message gets discarded as spam
+
 ## :media_proxy
 * `enabled`: Enables proxying of remote media to the instance’s proxy
 * `base_url`: The base URL to access a user-uploaded file. Useful when you want to proxy the media files via another host/CDN fronts.
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/hellthread_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/hellthread_policy.ex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55d6ff3f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/hellthread_policy.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.HellthreadPolicy do
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
+
+  @impl true
+  def filter(%{"type" => "Create"} = object) do
+    threshold = Pleroma.Config.get([:mrf_hellthread, :threshold])
+    recipients = (object["to"] || []) ++ (object["cc"] || [])
+
+    if length(recipients) > threshold do
+      {:reject, nil}
+    else
+      {:ok, object}
+    end
+  end
+
+  @impl true
+  def filter(object), do: {:ok, object}
+end