diff --git a/app/Comment.php b/app/Comment.php
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+++ b/app/Comment.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace App;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+
+class Comment extends Model
+{
+    public function profile()
+    {
+      return $this->belongsTo(Profile::class);
+    }
+
+    public function status()
+    {
+      return $this->belongsTo(Status::class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/CommentController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/CommentController.php
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+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/CommentController.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Auth;
+use App\{Comment, Profile, Status};
+use Vinkla\Hashids\Facades\Hashids;
+
+class CommentController extends Controller
+{
+    public function store(Request $request)
+    {
+      if(Auth::check() === false) { abort(403); }
+      $this->validate($request, [
+        'item'    => 'required|alpha_num',
+        'comment' => 'required|string|max:500'
+      ]);
+
+      try {
+        $statusId = Hashids::decode($request->item)[0];
+      } catch (Exception $e) {
+        abort(500);
+      }
+
+      $user = Auth::user();
+      $profile = $user->profile;
+      $status = Status::findOrFail($statusId);
+
+      $comment = new Comment;
+      $comment->profile_id = $profile->id;
+      $comment->user_id = $user->id;
+      $comment->status_id = $status->id;
+      $comment->comment = e($request->comment);
+      $comment->rendered = e($request->comment);
+      $comment->is_remote = false;
+      $comment->entities = null;
+      $comment->save();
+
+      return redirect($status->url());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/database/migrations/2018_04_18_044421_create_comments_table.php b/database/migrations/2018_04_18_044421_create_comments_table.php
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+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+
+class CreateCommentsTable extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function up()
+    {
+        Schema::create('comments', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->bigIncrements('id');
+            $table->bigInteger('profile_id')->unsigned();
+            $table->bigInteger('user_id')->unsigned()->nullable();
+            $table->bigInteger('status_id')->unsigned();
+            $table->text('comment')->nullable();
+            $table->text('rendered')->nullable();
+            $table->json('entities')->nullable();
+            $table->boolean('is_remote')->default(false);
+            $table->timestamp('rendered_at')->nullable();
+            $table->timestamps();
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function down()
+    {
+        Schema::dropIfExists('comments');
+    }
+}