diff --git a/database/database.c b/database/database.c
line changes: +6/-6
index e0c9eb7..fd8279c
--- a/database/database.c
+++ b/database/database.c

@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ uint64_t blerg_store(struct blerg *blerg, const char *data, int length) {
 	flock(blerg->data_fd, LOCK_UN);
 	flock(blerg->index_fd, LOCK_UN);
 
-	if (!blerg_get_mute(blerg)) {
+	if (!blerg_get_status(blerg, BLERGSTATUS_MUTED)) {
 		/* Now do those dirty microblogging deeds */
 		tag_scan(blerg->name, data, length, record);
 		subscription_notify(blerg->name, record);

@@ -379,17 +379,17 @@ uint64_t blerg_get_subscription_mark(struct blerg *blerg) {
 	return blerg->meta->subscription_mark;
 }
 
-int blerg_set_mute(struct blerg *blerg, int v) {
+int blerg_set_status(struct blerg *blerg, uint32_t status, int v) {
 	CHECK_VALID_BLERG(0)
 	if (v) {
-		blerg->meta->status |= BLERGMETA_MUTED;
+		blerg->meta->status |= status;
 	} else {
-		blerg->meta->status &= ~BLERGMETA_MUTED;
+		blerg->meta->status &= ~status;
 	}
 	return 1;
 }
 
-int blerg_get_mute(struct blerg *blerg) {
+int blerg_get_status(struct blerg *blerg, uint32_t status) {
 	CHECK_VALID_BLERG(0)
-	return (blerg->meta->status & BLERGMETA_MUTED) > 0;
+	return (blerg->meta->status & status) > 0;
 }

diff --git a/database/database.h b/database/database.h
line changes: +8/-3
index 7971249..15fd072
--- a/database/database.h
+++ b/database/database.h

@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ struct meta {
 	uint32_t status;
 };
 
-#define BLERGMETA_MUTED 0x00000001
+/* meta.status is a bitfield of these options */
+/* Muted - if set, tags/refs and subscriptions are not calculated */
+#define BLERGSTATUS_MUTED      0x00000001
+/* Mentioned - if set, user has been mentioned.  Cleared by /status/<user> with
+ * {"clear": "mentioned"} */
+#define BLERGSTATUS_MENTIONED  0x00000002
 
 struct blerg {
 	int meta_fd;

@@ -50,7 +55,7 @@ uint64_t blerg_get_record_count(struct blerg *);
 time_t   blerg_get_timestamp(struct blerg *blerg, uint64_t record);
 int      blerg_set_subscription_mark(struct blerg *blerg);
 uint64_t blerg_get_subscription_mark(struct blerg *blerg);
-int      blerg_set_mute(struct blerg *blerg, int v);
-int      blerg_get_mute(struct blerg *blerg);
+int      blerg_set_status(struct blerg *blerg, uint32_t status, int v);
+int      blerg_get_status(struct blerg *blerg, uint32_t status);
 
 #endif //_DATABASE_H

diff --git a/lib/perl/Blerg-Database/Database.xs b/lib/perl/Blerg-Database/Database.xs
line changes: +4/-4
index 1911538..e3614db
--- a/lib/perl/Blerg-Database/Database.xs
+++ b/lib/perl/Blerg-Database/Database.xs

@@ -117,15 +117,15 @@ const char * _get_subscription_mark(struct blerg *ptr)
         n = snprintf(buf, 21, "%llu", mark);
         XPUSHs(sv_2mortal(newSVpv(buf, n)));
 
-int _set_mute(struct blerg *ptr, int v)
+int _set_status(struct blerg *ptr, int status, int v)
     CODE:
-        RETVAL = blerg_set_mute(ptr, v);
+        RETVAL = blerg_set_status(ptr, status, v);
     OUTPUT:
         RETVAL
 
-int _get_mute(struct blerg *ptr)
+int _get_status(struct blerg *ptr, int status)
     CODE:
-        RETVAL = blerg_get_mute(ptr);
+        RETVAL = blerg_get_status(ptr, status);
     OUTPUT:
         RETVAL
 

diff --git a/lib/perl/Blerg-Database/Makefile.PL b/lib/perl/Blerg-Database/Makefile.PL
line changes: +2/-3
index 6003b64..5f0ab24
--- a/lib/perl/Blerg-Database/Makefile.PL
+++ b/lib/perl/Blerg-Database/Makefile.PL

@@ -13,15 +13,13 @@ WriteMakefile(
     OBJECT            => '$(BASEEXT)$(OBJ_EXT) ../../../blerg.a ../../../blerg_auth.a ../../../builddeps/scrypt.a',
     DEFINE            => '', # e.g., '-DHAVE_SOMETHING'
     INC               => '-I../../..', # e.g., '-I. -I/usr/include/other'
-	# Un-comment this if you add C files to link with later:
-    # OBJECT            => '$(O_FILES)', # link all the C files too
 );
 if  (eval {require ExtUtils::Constant; 1}) {
   # If you edit these definitions to change the constants used by this module,
   # you will need to use the generated const-c.inc and const-xs.inc
   # files to replace their "fallback" counterparts before distributing your
   # changes.
-  my @names = (qw(RECORDS_PER_SEGMENT MAX_RECORD_SIZE MAX_TAG_LENGTH MAX_TAGS_PER_RECORD),
+  my @names = (qw(RECORDS_PER_SEGMENT MAX_RECORD_SIZE MAX_TAG_LENGTH MAX_TAGS_PER_RECORD BLERGSTATUS_MUTED BLERGSTATUS_MENTIONED),
     {name => 'BASEURL', type => 'PV'},
     {name => 'DATA_PATH', type => 'PV'},
     {name => 'HASH_TAGS_PATH', type => 'PV'},

@@ -33,6 +31,7 @@ if  (eval {require ExtUtils::Constant; 1}) {
                                      DEFAULT_TYPE => 'IV',
                                      C_FILE       => 'const-c.inc',
                                      XS_FILE      => 'const-xs.inc',
+                                     PROXYSUBS    => 1,
                                   );
 
 }

diff --git a/lib/perl/Blerg-Database/lib/Blerg/Database.pm b/lib/perl/Blerg-Database/lib/Blerg/Database.pm
line changes: +13/-3
index d71340d..bf41706
--- a/lib/perl/Blerg-Database/lib/Blerg/Database.pm
+++ b/lib/perl/Blerg-Database/lib/Blerg/Database.pm

@@ -130,9 +130,19 @@ sub mute {
     my ($obj, $v) = @_;
     $obj->_ensure_pointer;
     if (defined $v) {
-        return Blerg::Database::_set_mute($obj->{ptr}, $v);
+        return Blerg::Database::_set_status($obj->{ptr}, $obj->BLERGSTATUS_MUTED, $v);
     } else {
-        return Blerg::Database::_get_mute($obj->{ptr});
+        return Blerg::Database::_get_status($obj->{ptr}, $obj->BLERGSTATUS_MUTED);
+    }
+}
+
+sub mention {
+    my ($obj, $v) = @_;
+    $obj->_ensure_pointer;
+    if (defined $v) {
+        return Blerg::Database::_set_status($obj->{ptr}, $obj->BLERGSTATUS_MENTIONED, $v);
+    } else {
+        return Blerg::Database::_get_status($obj->{ptr}, $obj->BLERGSTATUS_MENTIONED);
     }
 }
 

@@ -303,7 +313,7 @@ C<tag_list('@' . $obj-E<gt>{name})>.
 
 =item mute(v)
 
-When v = 1, mute the user, otherwise, unmute.
+When v = 1, mute the user, otherwise, unmute.  If v is absent, return the mute status.
 
 =item close()
 

diff --git a/lib/perl/Blerg-Database/t/database.t b/lib/perl/Blerg-Database/t/database.t
line changes: +12/-6
index 203d286..2944a06
--- a/lib/perl/Blerg-Database/t/database.t
+++ b/lib/perl/Blerg-Database/t/database.t

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use File::Path qw/remove_tree/;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-use Test::More tests => 26;
+use Test::More tests => 30;
 BEGIN { use_ok('Blerg::Database') };
 
 #########################

@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ ok( @list == 3 );
 ok( $list[0]->{author} eq $test_user );
 ok( $list[0]->{record} == $n );
 
-# Test mute
-ok( Blerg::Database::_set_mute($ptr, 1) );
-ok( Blerg::Database::_get_mute($ptr) == 1 );
+# Test status
+ok( Blerg::Database::_set_status($ptr, Blerg::Database::BLERGSTATUS_MUTED, 1) );
+ok( Blerg::Database::_get_status($ptr, Blerg::Database::BLERGSTATUS_MUTED) == 1 );
 Blerg::Database::_store($ptr, "Testing more #data");
 @list = Blerg::Database::tag_list('#data', 0, 1);
 ok( @list == 3 );
-ok( Blerg::Database::_set_mute($ptr, 0) );
-ok( Blerg::Database::_get_mute($ptr) == 0 );
+ok( Blerg::Database::_set_status($ptr, Blerg::Database::BLERGSTATUS_MUTED, 0) );
+ok( Blerg::Database::_get_status($ptr, Blerg::Database::BLERGSTATUS_MUTED) == 0 );
 Blerg::Database::_store($ptr, "Testing more #data");
 @list = Blerg::Database::tag_list('#data', 0, 1);
 ok( @list == 4 );

@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ ok( $blerg->store($data) == $n + 1 );
 $n++;
 ok( $blerg->fetch($n) eq $data );
 
+# Mute
+ok( $blerg->mute(1) );
+ok( $blerg->mute == 1 );
+ok( $blerg->mute(0) );
+ok( $blerg->mute == 0 );
+
 # Close database
 $blerg->close;
 

diff --git a/tools/blergtool.c b/tools/blergtool.c
line changes: +2/-2
index eee8aef..c689d2f
--- a/tools/blergtool.c
+++ b/tools/blergtool.c

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 			exit(1);
 		}
 
-		blerg_set_mute(f, 1);
+		blerg_set_status(f, BLERGSTATUS_MUTED, 1);
 		blerg_close(f);
 	} else if (strncmp(argv[1], "unmute", 6) == 0) {
 		char *store = argv[2];

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 			exit(1);
 		}
 
-		blerg_set_mute(f, 0);
+		blerg_set_status(f, BLERGSTATUS_MUTED, 0);
 		blerg_close(f);
 	} else if (strncmp(argv[1], "subscribe", 9) == 0) {
 		if (argc < 4) {