This was my immediate thought. Going half way from search to youtube comments is a drastic step down/back. Even in his screenshot you can see he gave the up ar

This was my immediate thought. Going half way from search to youtube comments is a drastic step down/back. Even in his screenshot you can see he gave the up arrow to everybody who gave him a compliment, without regard to merit, and he down-arrowed the only comment that was more than "uh yay blog!".