ear ▁of ▁Z D Net ▁proposed ▁that ▁the ▁awards ▁should ▁have ▁taken ▁place ▁closer ▁to ▁Time ▁announ cing ▁of ▁their ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁Person ▁of ▁the ▁Year . ▁The ▁five - day ▁voting ▁system ▁was ▁also ▁p anned . ▁Journal ist ▁Virginia ▁He f fer nan ▁described ▁it ▁as ▁" r ushed ▁and ▁almost ▁certainly ▁sc rew y ", ▁while ▁Eric ▁Auch ard ▁of ▁Re ut ers ▁and ▁L iz ▁G annes ▁of ▁G iga om ▁remarked ▁that ▁asking ▁users ▁to ▁vote ▁for ▁their ▁favorite ▁videos ▁was ▁an ach ron istic , ▁since ▁the ▁site ' s ▁five - star ▁ratings ▁system ▁already ▁track ed ▁which ▁videos ▁were ▁the ▁most ▁popular . ▁▁ ▁B logger ▁Robert ▁S co ble ▁compared ▁the ▁YouTube ▁Awards ▁to ▁his ▁own ▁video ▁awards ▁show , ▁the ▁V log g ies , ▁which ▁had ▁taken ▁place ▁six ▁months ▁earlier , ▁and ▁suggested ▁that ▁YouTube ▁had ▁copied ▁his ▁idea . ▁Josh ▁Low ens ohn ▁of ▁C NET ▁also ▁compared ▁the ▁YouTube ▁Awards ▁to ▁the ▁V log g ies , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁the ▁former ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁new ▁idea . ▁Low ens ohn ▁addition ally ▁critic ized ▁the ▁pri zes ▁that ▁the ▁w inners ▁received , ▁remark ing : ▁" I ' d ▁like ▁to ▁see ▁YouTube ▁offer ▁some ▁sort ▁of ▁c ash ▁or ▁video ▁camera ▁prize ." ▁ ▁Comment ators ▁also ▁noted ▁the ▁timing ▁of ▁the ▁announ cement ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁awards : ▁five ▁days ▁after ▁media ▁con gl omer ate ▁Via com