# Is it just me, or are the "Hot or Not" ratings always much higer then they should be?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 5, 2002, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-the-hot-or-not-ratings-always-much-higer-then-they-should-be/140586 "2002-12-05T01:19:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![sezyou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@sezyou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sezyou)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-the-hot-or-not-ratings-always-much-higer-then-they-should-be/140586/81 "2002-12-10T08:35:55Z")

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One more time. [http://www.hotornot.com/r/?eid=KLBZRSN&key=MBE](http://www.hotornot.com/r/?eid=KLBZRSN&key=MBE)

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**Author:** ![sezyou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@sezyou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sezyou)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-the-hot-or-not-ratings-always-much-higer-then-they-should-be/140586/82 "2002-12-10T08:41:23Z")

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As I was gloating on my 8.5, it just dawned on me that I was proof of the Op’s original opinion. :smack:

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**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-the-hot-or-not-ratings-always-much-higer-then-they-should-be/140586/83 "2002-12-10T12:13:03Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Rhum Runner \*  
> \*\*What is the point of having a poll and then disregarding the votes? Maybe alot of the people who get 1s deserve them? Why even allow voting if you disregard the results? \*\*

It’s (if I understand correctly) normalizing for the VOTER, not the one who is voted on.

So a guy who only rates people from 1-3 consistently will be adjusted. But if a particular picture gets a 1 rating from tons of different people, that won’t be adjusted.

At least, that’s what I think they meant.

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