[LegendaryR3D]

Correct!

Only those who can actually see the post can make comments. Later on, I might add some way for the originally author to 'moderate' their comments through a non-tracking cookie. However, many users probably have some cookie-deletion extensions installed (I know I do) that might make this difficult if they close the page. Still trying to think of a better solution.

[akalsz]

Couldn't the poster set a password instead of a cookie, which they could then use for comment moderation on that post?

[LegendaryR3D]

If I could give you a cookie now, I would.

I don't know why I didn't think of this before lol