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That would only be a reasonable deduction if HN had < 262 users. As it stands, it's impossible to judge based on a score that cannot be downvoted, and that's without considering selection bias.

To me, it suggests that this is just a more controversial post than all-but-one other frontpage post; not necessarily more agreed with. The majority of posts that I've read, and certainly the more up-voted, seem to be those disagreeing (at least in part) with the OP.

Edit: it's entirely possible I misread "points" for "posts", so ignore this entirely.

What do you mean, it suggests that? I'm against the offer threads, and I flagged this post!

A vote up doesn't mean "I agree." I don't want to see a webpage full of things I agree with.