Panman38, you DO have that option... but your comments aren't even
supposed to appear in that box unless you chose to have them on in the
first place.

(below is copied from my comment on the YouTube blog entry)

I actually like the new feature... it saves space (as compared to
having the recent comments and ratings as separate modules), and we
can post small bulletins in it. I realize that the old bulletin box
had it's flaws, but it was a useful way to announce things to other
users. Maybe if there was a way to turn the new module into a 'Twitter-
ish' module that we could embed to other sites?