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)