I don't know if it was actually the second. There were a ton of make up tutorials in new that I saw. Though they didn't trend. His is very different and totally worth watching.
As to it not being true... @guerrint has not posted much. Another person that posted a lot back then was @heiditravels (though not makeup related) and she doesn't appear to post very much either. As to @roelandp he posts on a diverse amount of things but I don't recall him getting hammered by the waves of down votes. The down votes were not enough to really stop them from making money but I do know they were noticed.
EDIT: I will concede that Don't Post much is subjective. @heiditravels went from posting daily to not nearly that much. Though it could be for other reasons, like perhaps not being somewhere she thought was worth posting about. @guerrint had almost immediate stardom, and posted another video that was slammed, and she went a couple weeks without posting anything. Though it could be for other reasons.
EDIT 2: You inspired me to research. I can see you were concerned with her lack of posting too, but unlike me you didn't assume... you asked. ;) Good job.
