diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/experiments/table.js b/app/assets/javascripts/experiments/table.js
index 67585495a..086a8372c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/experiments/table.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/experiments/table.js
@@ -635,6 +635,7 @@ ExperimnetTable.render.tags = function(data) {
 };
 
 ExperimnetTable.render.comments = function(data) {
+  if (data.count === 0 && !data.can_create) return '<span class="disabled">0</span>';
   return `<a href="#"
     class="open-comments-sidebar" id="comment-count-${data.id}"
     data-object-type="MyModule" data-object-id="${data.id}">
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/experiment/table.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/experiment/table.scss
index 6ff758a1e..aa7e0a86b 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/experiment/table.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/experiment/table.scss
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@
       display: none;
     }
 
+    .comments-column .disabled {
+      color: $color-silver-chalice;
+    }
+
     .table-row {
       display: contents;
 
diff --git a/app/services/experiments/table_view_service.rb b/app/services/experiments/table_view_service.rb
index 5617d705a..e439225ec 100644
--- a/app/services/experiments/table_view_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/experiments/table_view_service.rb
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ module Experiments
       {
         id: my_module.id,
         count: my_module.comments.count,
+        can_create: can_create_my_module_comments?(@user, my_module),
         count_unseen: count_unseen_comments(my_module, @user)
       }
     end