Imo one way to lessen server load would be to stop sending users to the comment page every time they click on a post title. Instead send them straight to the destination page. Only load the comments if they click the comments button.
Here's an idea for the mods: someone with no comments and no posts should not be able to DM. Force these bloggers to comment publicly. You know they won't out of fear of being cancelled by their mob for posting on an "alt right™ hate site".
It's almost like the people teaching today were the students attending the liberal university 20 years ago...
This shit is all by design and it starts with the education system. We need to put a hard stop to it and then slam it hard in reverse.
Section 230 grants immunity from suits for user-generated content, so the argument doesn't apply to online comment sections.