For those suggesting a conspiracy
Here's a snippet from HON's FAQ, seems that the voting system is clever enough to weed out those who consistently vote high/low and apportion a score accordingly:

18. My rating and my votes don't seem to match. What's wrong?

Official HOT or NOT scores are normalized to account for things such as the fact that different people have different voting styles. For instance, some people, for reasons unknown to us, only vote 1-5. Should a 5 from these people count as a 5?

Many standard scoring systems use normalization techniques, including the Olympics and the tests people take to get into college in the US. We still give you the chart, which represents raw data, just for fun.


[edit: It's a fucking conspiracy people! Run!]
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 18 Sep 2007, 23:04, Reply)

I win
I am neither 'hot' nor 'not', just awesome, with my awesome picture...

www.hotornot.com/r/?eid=REESAZA-USL
( Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 22:39, Reply)

it has
turned into a bit of a whinge fest, tbh
( Kroney, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 22:31, Reply)

For all the bitching and griping
going on with this qotw! I couldn't give a shite about where I am in the rankings! I'm 137th at the moment. It is just nice to see what everybody looks like without having to look at profiles and then there is not a picture there of the B3tard!
(ToMeToYou is bumming a Unicorn on, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 22:30, Reply)

no no no no no no !!
93rd ? *strop*
(maxumus HEY!.... diddly dee, de de de de de de, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 22:29, Reply)

Chicken
Try a 2.8 for size, the lowest of the low in terms of those with votes lol

www.hotornot.com/r/?eid=RRNYGLE&key=SWR&sid=NZ
( mr_wicksy is.... old., Tue 18 Sep 2007, 22:28, Reply)

Citadel
You think you're doing bad at 104th!
(I'm trying very hard here to type whilst sobbing I'll have you know) I'm 117th! And I've recently gone up from a 4.2 to a 4.5

Utterly heartbroken. My ego is in tatters.


I would like to start up the official B3ta Fugly Group - perhaps we could have our own dating site to ensure that society is kept free of our worthless genes.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 22:24, Reply)

Okay, this is insane
I was 17th at one point today, now I am 104th.

I think there is a campaign on here where people are intentionally voting low for people in order to improve their own personal standing.

Come on: a ONE?! I am no hunk, but a ONE? I dont think so! For that matter, I have yet to SEE a 1. I have seen lots of 4s and 5s, but no ONES.

Come on people. This thing is turning into a clique!
( Citadel Because the world needs less morons, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 22:08, Reply)

W0000 no more verborten!
You guys who get the site blocked, try accessing it here

I've setup a ProxyPass....

Let me know if you have problems

edit: for each page you visit, replace scoreboards.hotornot.com with b3ta.axai.net

edit: A bit of a snag with the pictures -- working on it
( Axai is in Montréal, Canada O.o, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 22:03, Reply)

Impressed by the pic posters
Not only are you all better looking than me, you've all got bigger balls than me - women included. A round of applause from me to you.

Personally, I already know I'm ugly and I don't need it confirmed by strangers. Besides, I'm too dumb to use a camera. My additional attributes include a caustic personality and an inability to sepll.

You can message me if this is turning you on though. Its as close to net dating as I'm getting.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 22:02, Reply)

There goes my productivity (and my cherry)
So much for getting much done at work today. In between reading horror stories and fapping to B3tan's HoN pics I've got nothing done today.
(DoppelFrog Twice the frog, twice the fun, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 21:50, Reply)

I feel so left out!
I can't access any of this stuff while I'm at work! I want to see what everyone looks like, but Zee Germans say it's VERBOTEN!

*sulk*

Well, I'll be home in a few hours anyway, I guess...

EDIT: Sweet barking jesus, I'm rated as a 9.9? WOW! I'm extremely flattered, but very shocked as well... I mean, I'm no Jude Law, ya know? But thank you all...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Tue 18 Sep 2007, 21:17, Reply)

Filth!
hotornot.com/r/?eid=OYSSR8A-PQW
ARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH! My eyes!!!!!
(grandmasterfluffles Come to my Armageddon party on, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 21:16, Reply)

shameless plug
you're looking beautiful, by the way.

hotornot.com/r/?eid=REEUGMH-RMR
(Calamity wetter than a fish's wet bits - bloody rain on, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 21:10, Reply)

Whoops
My girlfriend is now a b3tard!

Let the voting commence...

Here...

or

me here

Attention whore? I know its terrible....

I'm just suprised im 17th, you guys scare me.
( Axai is in Montréal, Canada O.o, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 20:56, Reply)

Another one
Got a message over bebo (i think it was) from a lady (no more than that nugget of information was available on her page). "Hmm" thinks I "not even a name, strange" but as i'd just got rid of the fat blond waste of two years (not bitter oh no) any female attention was welcome.
So get chatting, among the first things said by her was along the lines of "this is my brothers msn, i'm not very computer literate and do not have my own account right now" (although this might not quite be the meaning as the actual text was so devoid of correct spelling and english words (she was home grown in the UK though) in general it was hard to follow). "Alright" thought I as the non existent grammer clawed into my eyes, "might mean i spend time with her in the real world instead of on msn".
So keep chatting... well, sort of. She was rather dull, so in an attempt to get a conversation going again i start asking her what she looks like and she describes a pretty girl, brown hair, blue eyes, angelic smile, good teeth.
"oh" says I, "you and your brother must look rather alike"
"how did you know that" says she.
"from his sign in pic in t'corner". (you all know what comes next)
"that's a picture of me....." she types and tumbleweed blows by
"it's him, you're kidding me, he looks like he hasn't shaved in days as well" i say and rather abruptly the conversation ends, woops.
(Malcav, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 20:51, Reply)

I have a confession to make
I clicked the link to HoN in EBD's post from a public computer in the library (they've taken our work internet away *sobs*) and it simply asked me if I wanted to join.
'Yes' clicked I.
'You are joined' it said.
Funny, I thought, I haven't even signed up yet. Then I realised whoever had been using that library PC last and had been on HoN hadn't signed out.
This means there is a non-B3tard in our B3ta group!
Sorry whoever you are (I can't remember your username).
Sorry everyone else (off topic).

ME-EDIT: www.hotornot.com/r/?eid=REE8H8N&key=NMA&sid=NZ
(Phelpsy Bollocks trapped behind radiator since, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 20:45, Reply)

Smile... You love it
"Ok, so do those scribblings on the back of the door/ walls in public bogs count as "personal ads" and if so has anyone ever rung one?"

The answer to this would be yes. I was feeling particularly depressed (shit... this sounds bad already) after breaking up with my then missus.

As I happened to be leaving work I ran in to a friend who enquired about the long face. I filled him in on my plight and he set about trying to cheer me up. As we reached the bus stop we spotted the grafitti... 'For sex, ring Chris on 07blahblahblah...'. Just the thing I needed. Prank calls, never fails to cheer a person up.

My mate very kindly dials the number and passes the phone to me, and I commence pretending to be interested in doing the old in out in out with his sphincter. Guy hangs up in disgust. I ring him again, yell obscenities and hang up on him and give the phone back to my friend who accepts it gratefully, laughing like a loon.

Oh how the laughter stopped (his, not mine) when the phone rang every ten minutes or so for an hour or two with one very irate guy on the other end wanting to commit acts of violence to my friend's face.
( SubCulture Hero ... ... He... .... Comes ... ...., Tue 18 Sep 2007, 20:23, Reply)

Hmm
I've never indulged in personal ads. In fact, I have never even dated. I have only ever dated people who were already friends of friends/ happened to be at the same party.

However, I was for a long time involved with the deeply cliquey scene surrounding The Libertines, and every time I met someone new they would ask me what my username was on the messageboards. It was unbelievably cringeworthy, like belonging to some kind of swingers' club.

Excuse the fancy dress photo, I recently had to purge my laptop of all files in order to send it to the laptop hospital:

www.hotornot.com/r/?eid=REEYBZN&key=JAC
(clumsyeloquence is a girl, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 20:15, Reply)

IhadAPIECEofthatMEAT
'Young butcher would like fresh young meat to sink his teeth into....along with his carving Knife. You bring your frills, I'll bring the grill. You bring your personality, I'll bring the white van to carry you off to the abbitoir.

ps: I'm very misunderstood so someone who is prepared to take time to get to know the real me would be a bonus'
(PURPLEaki, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 20:13, Reply)

on topic
...ish

I was recently given a personal business type ad of the most curious kind and can't quite work out if it's genuine or not. It was from a man called Mr Naseem who claimed he cure /find the answer to ANY kind of problem I could possibly imagine, and gave a list at the bottom of no less than 8 different bus routes that could take you to his office. Sadly I can't find a copy of it or I would certainly have transcribed it for you. Has anyone else in the east london area been given one of these things?
(Darth Vegas Poke It With A Stick, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 19:39, Reply)

cleansing
Assume there's a lot of pissed posting going on here... Sure as hell don't want to be easily identified after some of the stories i've posted!

have a horrible feeling there's going to be some dire and deviant additions to the gene pool as a result of this new b3ta dating extravaganza
(Darth Vegas Poke It With A Stick, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 19:27, Reply)

It's amazing really
I half expected the HoN to be filled with fuglies who hide behind their computers for a reason, but hell, there are some good looking chaps and ladies out there. I'll have to make an effort and make it to a bash once in a while.

I'm not going to whore my photo out as I'm doing better than I could have ever hoped for, and don't fancy some bitter bugger ruining my small moment of joy!

*secretly hopes for a gaz from Grandmasterfluffles*

/Edit - starting to drop. boo!
( Moonraker isn't the droid you were looking for, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 18:50, Reply)

In the spirit
of internet ads, I am bored at work doing a late shift. So, 27 y/o male wltm a person for messages of an entertaining nature to stave off boredom.

Edit: You people suck.
( Kroney, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 18:24, Reply)

Personal Ad
This is a decidedly impersonal ad.

Will fuck for french fries.


/pimp www.hotornot.com/r/?eid=AQGMERK&key=NCR
(kickstandrich last had sex with your mum/sister/wife/daughter on, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 18:12, Reply)

Holy Crap!
Too many times have I been chatting to someone on MSN or the like, without a clue as to what they look like (They usually have the picture of a duck or a flower) Alarm bells should be ringing out loudly in my head as to why they haven't got a picture. Then when they finally do post a picture, the cry of "Holy Crap!!" rings around the house as they are some kind of Hieffer or mutated in some form.

Not everybody is unpleasant to the eye though! Just a few of my stalkers!

And seeing that everybody is "pimping" their picture, here is mine.
www.hotornot.com/r/?eid=REEUBQE&key=FMC&sid=NZ
(ToMeToYou is bumming a Unicorn on, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 17:45, Reply)

The Shame
I once was chatting to a woman online for a while, everything was going great and our relationship was evolving. Sexually I mean, as in me knocking one out while sending her filthy messages.

We arranged to meet and it turns out to be my brother's girlfriend's mum.

I still shagged her though.

In my defence, she was very fit for a 57 year old. Not really she was only 44.

I have never mentioned this to anyone. Oh, except Jeremy Kyle once.
(French Duke, Tue 18 Sep 2007, 17:34, Reply)