How is it different to a decent comment system? Isn't HN in a sense, a (semi) decentralised information verification system? I often find comments under the sto

How is it different to a decent comment system? Isn't HN in a sense, a (semi) decentralised information verification system? I often find comments under the story that show how a story is false, omitting important info or is otherwise biased. I guess if I was going to work on such a system I'd start with better commenting and forum systems.