no comments available to view on the realm feed for all users

the bug:

you cannot comment on a post on the realm feed or view any comments.

steps to reproduce:

A

1. go to your realm feed
2. comment on a post
3. it does not send

B

1. go to your realm feed
2. check any post with comments
3. they don't appear, but comments exist

observed results:

no comments show up, nor does the comment count increase when you do add one

expected results:

you can view all comments, and the count increases when you add one