<p>I was curious to see a <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/47771/what-is-intuition-behind-beta-distribution/47782#comment123874_47782">comment</a> from a <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/27997/user27997">user</a> who had only 1 reputation on one of my answers (the commenter was <em>not</em> the original OP).</p>

<p>The comment was a fine question and I of course had no objection to it, but I was still surprised that it was possible. The <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/help/privileges">privileges page</a> says that the "comment everywhere" privilege is granted only at 50 rep.</p>

<p>Why was this possible?</p>
