Maxim

I have an update for you. Watched in on premiere day... and for what it is (not that deep-slasher)... LOVED IT. It's very fun and just... better than anything I expected. Jennifer Love Hewitt still has that IT girl-thing. Loved seeing her in her element. Surprisingly... not irritated by the new characters. Huge recommend for fans of the original. My husband also loved it. 😊

Both are stunning. 💓

I have a new youtube channel which I use to post OLTL clips... This time I'm very careful. I don't put any descriptions. I don't write comments like "Thank you." and I don't put pictures as thumbnails anymore. I can't believe what I have to do... to just not get falsely flagged. It's a complete circus.

The dictatorship is officially the norm. These are only symptoms. It's slowly turning into Russia. It's quite clear... "financial reasons" is a complete BS-excuse. WE KNOW. WE KNOW.

I have some insight into this absurd mass removal of accounts for "spam and etc". Many people on reddit are reporting that they got their channel removed for this. I've been a victim of it too... There is a root cause. You need to have someone reporting your channel specifically for spam to get it down. Maybe even more than 1 person. There are these trolls on the forum boards and youtube that do that... and then the youtube faulty bot that checks the channels for spam... finds things that are definitely not spam or deceptive... and flags the channel for no reason. It could be a thumbnail that is slightly edited... but the bot could say - Yes, it's deceptive. I read on reddit... people telling others to be careful how they tag their videos... (excessive tags could be flagged) or how they describe their videos. People also said that sometimes youtube finds problems with the pictures that people upload as thumbnails. So... as you get the picture - all of these small little details that should not be any problem... the AI robot has been flagging them after getting a report by any abusive tr-oll. So the root cause is hateful trolls that gang-report channels. That's the main issue. And youtube enables this to happen. I have my own suspicions that these people are people who SELL episodes and don't want them out there for free. Some are fans that just hate other fans and etc. In my case, I'm pretty sure my channel was taken down by Brooke Logan haters, because I had Brooke-related music videos. My channel was taken down after one particularly positive video about Brooke was sort of getting attention and hateful comments. These horrible people have found this door in the system they can abuse (reporting normal perfect channels for spam and etc) and they take channel after channel down. That's why I recommend if you guys are uploading stuff - do not over-tag, be careful to not include unrelated to the video descriptions... even if it's a link to another video... it could be flagged as spam... and do not upload your own thumbnails. Let the automatic youtube ones... be the thumbnails. Do this... at least till youtube fixes their problem with this faulty AI robot that flags the channels that have done nothing wrong. There are thousands of cases like this on reddit and people lose their millions subscribers for nothing. Aaaaaaaaaaaand even be careful of the comments you post. If you usually post the same stuff like "Thank you!" many many times... on a lot of videos... it could be flagged as spam. I mean... we live in a world where I'm even scared to say "Thank you" at this point, because some stupid AI robot could detect it as spam. Repeated words and repeated emoticons in the comments section can also take your channel down if they are flagged as spam. I've read this on reddit. People have given this as examples. I hope Blake Marler gets their channel back. I'll be keeping an eye on this situation.

I have SON as my default home page in my browser so every time I open the browser it went there. Today I woke up and the first thing I checked was if it's back. 🤣

From your lips to God's ears.

God, it's so refreshing to wake up and be able to login. Even a little break... made me sad. Thank you @Errol and @Toups for keeping up the greatest forum on Earth. 💓

Even though I liked the episode (mostly because Deidre is so charming and intelligent)... they really need to think of more clever and interesting questions to ask. That's not a true criticism... because for what they are (a boring safe soap opera podcast)... they are okay... but I feel like I've heard all of this (the themes and questions - for example - what is the freakiest storyline you've done - she's been asked this 1 million times) before. And about Rebecca Budig, a lot of the times she seems lost in the conversation, laughs where the topic is kind of serious. And again, not a criticism, there are people like that and that can even be charming... but still I find her a little disconnected compared to the guy - Greg. He works for the podcast better. His whole demeanor is a lot sharper and you really listen to him when he talks. I regularly forget that RB is even sitting there... while the podcast is going on. Maybe she is just not the personality for it. Again, all of this is subjective. For what they are... it works like that just fine.

the best.

Up to June 17th, 1992. 🦇 "Till death do us part. (Or a good divorce lawyer.)" So many things to talk about. Where do I begin? So what is going on right now? 🔷 And they said "I do!". Blair and Asa are officially married. Their most important guest was Max Holden... who watched in the distance like a sad puppy. But this farce of a wedding is only a glimpse of what's to come. Asa and Blair's first night together was a bust. Blair refuses to be intimate with her new husband, but he is not budging. The old goat wants copulation, he thinks he is entitled to it now. He also wrote some absurd rules about their marriage. 1 - She is not to communicate with his family, who betrayed him. 2 - She is not to see Max Holden ever again. (I wonder if sleeping with him counts.) 3 - She should do whatever her asks. 😂 4 - She should go to 3 vacations a year with him. 5 - She should sleep with him. I think there were more, but I lost count. Jesus Christ. It's almost like Asa thinks he bought a premium escort service. But... we all know it's not gonna be so easy. The old goat will have to up his heart medicine to survive this woman. 🔷 Renee is suffering in silence, watching the man she still loves and cares about... make a fool of himself. She and Blair had a beautifully snarky conversation at the restaurant. "I should think you would be home, caring for your new husband. If you are not there, who is going to supply him with whiskey and alienate him from his family?" 😂 Renee is trying to make a life for herself and as the new owner of "The Buchanan Palace" she is overhauling the hotel. I'm wondering where she will go from here, storyline wise. I think she has some chemistry with Sloan... but I suspect he will be strictly Viki-territory. But we'll see. All I know is I care about Renee and I want her to succeed after everything she went through. 🔷 Joey went on a date with this girl, whose name I can't remember. Before going out with her, Billy instructed him what to do and how to act. Then we got the strong impression that Billy is hiding something and that Joey will soon find out. I think I know where this is going. The show is very bold to attempt this storyline, especially with such young characters. I admire their courage, but I am also scared how they will tell it. I definitely think they are planning it very carefully, writing with a velvet glove, every beat so far has been on point. 🔷 Alex Olanov's revenge against Mayor Callison... was sending his "drunk with prostitutes" pictures to a dirty tabloid. The scandal that followed... let to him announcing his resignation. Alex was on top of the world. Cassie didn't take this sitting down, she went to confront Alex and... punched her out to which Alex replied "This is getting ridiculous." 😂 The people in this show beat this woman every single episode! In just a week... Alex has been hit on the head by Sarah, strangled and left bleeding by the mayor (ex mayor) and now punched by Cassie. She doesn't get a break. 🔷 Dorian ran into Blair at the Buchanan Palace restaurant... and quickly got a sense that something is very wrong. She gloated at the fact that Blair looks unhappy and even questioned her motive when Blair offered her to see Agatha while she and Asa are on their honeymoon. The battle for Agatha is not over. Honestly, seeing how sad and disturbed Addie is in Asa's house... I think that she will be better off with Dorian. I hope she is out of there soon. Poor Addie. Living in the same house as Asa Buchanan is enough to drive anyone mad. Clip of the day! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Dorian vs Blair! dddd.mp4

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Thank you @DRW50 ! Absolutely agree. Just when I think I can see where a storyline is going... somehow they always surprise me.

I liked Deidre Hall's episode. She got me crying from the get go... after hearing the story about the fan who was going blind... and her last wish was to see Marlena/Deidre in real life.

So much food for thought in this topic. So many strange details. May he rest in peace... He deserved better.