Relevancy is relative and subjective. There's also not anything in the guidelines about relevancy in comments in the HN guidelines. Please note, too, that meta-

Relevancy is relative and subjective. There's also not anything in the guidelines about relevancy in comments in the HN guidelines. Please note, too, that meta-comments are never strictly relevant, and that's what your first comment here is. There are currently at least 11 people who thought it was relevant enough to upvote. I agree that flagging was probably the most appropriate recourse for you. I accept your apology.