I flagged two comments earlier as rude or offensive, they were, no doubt, they were insults.

The strange thing was these comments were instantly removed and my flags are listed as helpful in my profile, what happened here?

They usually go for review and are dealt with later, correct?

Why did this happen? Was it a coincidence i.e. they were flagged by someone else and I just happened to flag them a second before they were removed? or do I have some unlisted privilege allowing me to remove these comments? or what?

Sorry if I am just missing something obvious, strangely, I have only ever flagged four comments (including these) in all my time here, so I am a bit naive on this.