Common questions about how the site works, grouped by section. If the answer is not here, the question can be sent through the feedback form.

Sections

Getting started

What is MyBLHub?#

MyBLHub is a site about Thai series and the people who make them. It holds a catalogue of series, novels, actors, groups and agencies, a feed of concerts and fan meets, real filming locations, a trip planner and a profile with statistics on what has been watched and attended. Some sections are open to everyone, others come with a subscription.

Do I need an account?#

Not for reading: the catalogue, the filming locations and event pages are open without signing in. An account is needed for marking things — watch statuses, “I'm going”, favourites, trips, lists and reviews are all tied to it.

Can I add an email to an account created with Telegram?#

Yes. Settings → “Security” → “Add email sign-in”: enter an email and choose a password. You can sign in with them right away; confirm the address through the link in the email we send — “Forgot password” also works through this email. You can also connect Google: Settings → “Security” → “Connect Google”. Telegram stays linked; it can be disconnected only while the account has another way to sign in.

What happens after signing up?#

Sign-up is followed by a three-step setup: a handle, which becomes the address of the profile, an import of a MyDramaList watch list, and a choice of favourite artists. All of it can be changed later: the handle in settings on the “Profile” tab, the import on the “Import and export” tab.

How do I find a series, an artist or an event?#

The search box in the header suggests series, artists, events, places and novels as you type. The search page groups the results by section, agencies and wiki articles included, and adds filters: year, genres, country, type, status, tags and agency for series; type and agency for artists; dates, venue and tags for events. Filters are written into the page address, so a link to a filtered result can be shared.

What is the wiki?#

The wiki is a section of guides about series, tickets and travel. It is open to everyone; no account or subscription is required.

Series, artists, novels

Why does the series section show so few titles?#

For a signed-in visitor the series section shows their own list — the series they have given a status to — with columns sorted by clicking a heading. The search box on the same page runs across the whole catalogue.

Can I watch series on MyBLHub?#

No, the site has no videos or links to watch. MyBLHub is a catalogue and tracker: you can learn about a series, mark what you're watching, keep count of episodes, follow new releases and discuss. Watch series on the rights holders' official platforms, for example the studios' YouTube channels, where they publish episodes themselves.

How do I mark a series as watched?#

The status button sits on the series page and next to the title in any list. The statuses are “Watching now”, “Watched”, “On hold”, “Plan to watch” and “Dropped”, with a personal star rating alongside. A series with a status goes into the personal list and into the profile; no subscription is required.

How do I keep count of watched episodes?#

An episode counter appears on any series with a status — on the series page, in the series list, in the profile and on the “Watching now” card on the home page. Marking the last episode of a finished series moves it to “Watched”, and lowering the count returns it to “Watching now”. For a series still airing the status is not changed automatically.

How do I mark that I watched a series again?#

A finished series shows a “Watched” row under the episode counter with a plus and a minus — it counts complete watch-throughs, not just repeats. Next to it is “Watch again”: it puts the series back to “Watching”, resets the episode counter and adds a watch-through. Rewatches count towards episodes and hours on screen in your statistics, but not towards the number of series finished — that one counts distinct titles.

How do I hear about a new episode?#

The series page has a bell next to the status button — that is the subscription to new episodes. The notification arrives on the site, and in the bot as well if Telegram is linked. Setting “Watching now” turns the bell on automatically.

How do I leave a review and a rating?#

Series, novels and events that have already taken place carry a reviews block: an overall score out of ten, optional per-aspect scores, the text of the review and comments below it. One review per entry, editable later. A review marked private is visible only to its author and does not count towards the average score.

Why is an artist missing from the list?#

The people tab shows favourites and those with events in the feed by default — the full list would run to thousands of rows. Search by name covers the whole catalogue, and the tabs above switch between individual people, groups, mascots and agencies.

What is on an actor's page, and what does the heart do?#

A person's page holds a photo, the known facts, series and films, music, awards and upcoming events; an agency page lists its roster. The heart adds the person to favourites: they are pinned to the top of the list, their events appear under the “My artists” tab in the feed, and a birthday reminder is sent.

What does the eye icon on an artist's page mean?#

It is the “seen live” mark. It is set automatically for artists of past events marked as attended, meet-ups inside a trip included, and can be switched either way by hand. The “I'm going” mark on the event itself is not affected.

Are the novels the series are based on here?#

Novels have their own section with a search, a page each, reviews and comments. Like a series, a novel has a reading status and your own rating, and a finished one gets a “Read N times” counter and a “Read again” button. The episode counter exists for series only.

A series or an actor is missing from the catalogue — what now?#

A request to add it is sent through the feedback form on this page. The catalogue is compiled from open sources — mostly MyDramaList.

Events and the calendar

What is the event feed?#

The feed lists concerts, fan meets and festivals with dates, venue, line-up, ticket price and a link to where tickets are sold. Without a subscription the five nearest events and any individual event page are open in full. A subscription opens the whole feed: the “All”, “I'm going”, “Favourites” and “My artists” tabs, search by title, a date range and the archive of past events.

How do I mark that I'm going to a concert?#

The mark is set with the “I'm going” button on the event card or a date chip on the event page, and it applies to a specific date. What is marked appears in the profile, in the calendar, in the plan of a trip covering those dates and in the calendar subscription, and counts towards statistics once the event has passed. Marking attendance at feed events is part of the subscription, while marking a meetup of your own community is free; favourites are available to any signed-in visitor.

Is there a monthly calendar of events?#

The calendar shows a full month in four views: all events, your own, artists' birthdays and episode air dates. Clicking a date opens that day on its own page. The section requires a subscription.

How do I add events to Google or Apple Calendar?#

In two ways, both part of the subscription. The “Add to calendar” button on an event page downloads a file for that single event. Settings hold a permanent subscription link that Google and Apple Calendar re-read on their own, so new “I'm going” marks appear there without further action. The link can be replaced with a new one at the press of a button.

How do I not miss the start of ticket sales?#

When an event has a presale date, a reminder arrives an hour before it opens, and the event page offers a button that adds that moment to a calendar. The reminder requires a linked Telegram account and an active subscription.

Where do I keep bought tickets?#

The event page has a row under the header for each marked date; a PDF or a photo of the ticket is attached there. The file is private and opens only for its owner.

How do I see which friends are going to an event?#

An event row shows the number of friends going, and the event page shows them as cards. With a subscription, a notification arrives when a friend marks an event; notifications from one particular person can be muted on their profile.

Filming locations and your own places

Where do I find the filming locations of a series?#

In the locations section: real addresses where series were filmed and where events are held, with a photo, the district, coordinates and the series shot there. It offers an A-to-Z list, grouping by series, filtering by category and a shared map. Most of the data comes from open sources, mostly blscene.com.

How do I mark a place as visited?#

The “Mark as visited” button is on the place page, in lists of places and on a series page. Next to it is “Want to go”: the place goes into your personal “Want to visit” list, which can be attached to a trip; that mark needs no subscription. Visited places count towards profile statistics and are pinned on the map there. The mark requires no subscription.

Can I add a place of my own?#

Yes, with “+ Add a place” in the “My places” section; creating one requires an active subscription. A name and a Google Maps link or bare coordinates are enough — the point is worked out automatically. An own place appears in personal places, lists and trips and never in the shared catalogue.

What are lists of places and collections for?#

A list of places is a shareable set of places; it can be attached to a trip and is drawn on its map. Lists are created in “My places”, the first one is free. A collection gathers series, novels or artists — “to cry over”, “seen live”; collections live in the catalogue’s “Collections” section, along with a feed of other people’s public collections and pair collections — everything a pair acted in together. Three collections are free. Visibility is chosen per list and collection: private, friends-only or public — a public one opens without an account. Beyond the free ones a subscription is needed, while what you already made stays available without one.

Trips

What is a trip?#

A trip is a page built around a set of dates that gathers everything falling inside them: marked events from the feed, personal meet-ups and flights, hotel and travel bookings, a to-do list, a packing list, a shopping list and places. One trip of your own is free to create and to look through, showing what falls inside its dates; adding entries to it and creating further trips require a subscription.

How do I create a trip?#

With the “+ Create a trip” button in the trips section: a name, the dates and the visibility. Friends can be picked in the same form — they receive an invitation and become participants once they accept. The first trip of your own is free, the ones after it come with a subscription.

How do I invite someone to a shared trip?#

Only people who are already friends can be invited. The invitation arrives in notifications and in Telegram; once accepted, a participant adds events, bookings, to-dos and places on equal terms with the author, provided their own subscription is active. Any participant can leave a trip and take a copy of the plan with them.

What if participants travel on different dates?#

Every participant has a “My dates” button that sets the period they are actually there. The trip itself stays a single trip, while arrival markers appear in the plan on the right days, showing from which date participants overlap. The “days on trips” statistic counts personal dates rather than the whole trip.

What are the packing and shopping lists in a trip?#

Two lists inside a trip, next to the to-do list: a tick box on each item and a packed or bought counter above. The packing list is private by default and separate for each participant in a shared trip, while the shopping list is open to participants. Neither takes dates; to-dos do, and a dated to-do stands in the plan on its day.

How do I add a hotel and flights to a trip?#

As a booking entry: a name, dates with times, an address or a route, a link and a confirmation file. In the plan a booking takes two rows — check-in and check-out, departure and arrival — collapsing into one when nothing stands between them. The address, the note, the link and the file stay available to trip participants only, even when the booking itself is open more widely.

Communities

What is a community?#

A community is a page for a group of people, with discussions, its own meetups, shared trips and lists of places. Public communities are gathered in a separate section with filtering by country and city, and they also appear on the pages of the artists and series they are linked to.

How do I create a community?#

With the “Create community” button in the communities section; it requires an active subscription. The form asks for a name, a description, the visibility (open to everyone or by link only) and the joining rule (open or on approval). One person can hold no more than three communities. Only creating is paid: joining, reading and taking part require no subscription.

How do I join a community?#

A public community has a “Join” button on its page. If approval is on, a request is sent and the decision is reported either way. A private community is entered by invitation, which arrives as a notification and as a banner on the community page with “Accept” and “Decline” buttons. Nobody is added to a community without agreeing to it.

What is visible in a community without joining?#

From outside, every community shows its cover, name, description, location and member count. A public one adds the titles of its topics and meetup cards carrying nothing but a date. The contents of topics, meetup addresses, the member list and the community's links are open to members only, and a topic marked private is not visible from outside at all. In a private community the tabs do not open at all.

What are community discussions?#

Discussions are topics inside a community: the title is optional and up to three photos can be attached to the text. Replies are comments, with their own replies and likes. The owner and moderators pin a topic to the top of the list. A new topic arrives as a notification on the site; only a reply to your own comment is repeated in Telegram.

What are community meetups?#

A meetup is the community's own event. Any member can create one; the author edits their own and the owner and moderators edit any. The card works like one in the event feed, with an “I'm going” mark, comments and a calendar export. Meetups are visible to members only and never reach the general feed, the calendar, search or statistics; they are gathered on the community tab and, for subscribers, on the “Communities” tab in the event feed as well.

How do I organise a trip from a community?#

The “Trips” tab has a “Plan a trip” button: it creates an ordinary shared trip and sends invitations to the chosen members. The button requires an active subscription: the one free trip is created on your own, in the trips section. The tab lists only the trips the viewer is entitled to open by their visibility.

Does a community have shared lists of places?#

Yes, on the “Places” tab: the same format as a personal list, with the map, the notes and the visited mark. The owner and moderators keep them, and no subscription is needed for that inside a community. A new list is visible to members by default; the “show to everyone” checkbox opens it outward only in a public community. A place itself stays with whoever added it.

Who runs a community?#

The owner: they appoint and remove moderators, change the visibility and the joining rules and delete the community; leaving one's own community is not possible. A moderator handles join requests, invites people, edits the name, description, cover and catalogue links, pins topics and keeps the lists of places.

How do I remove a member from a community?#

The owner and moderators can remove a member; this is a ban on rejoining that holds until it is lifted. The member's role is reset and any pending invitation is cancelled. The owner cannot be removed, and a moderator only by the owner.

What are the badges on a community page?#

They are the community's own achievements: meetups held, member count, topics and comments, a trip put together, a shared list of places and the community's age. They are counted for the community rather than for a person and are shown to members; there is no notification for a new one. Personal achievements for taking part in communities appear in the profile with the rest.

Where do I report a topic or a comment?#

A topic page and every comment written by someone else carry a “Report” button, and the report goes to the site administration. The owner and moderators can also remove content inside the community. A complaint about the community itself is sent through the feedback form on this page.

Profile, friends, notifications

What does the profile show?#

The profile is a single page at an address with the handle, shared by its owner and visitors: the header holds the photo, the online status, the name, the handle, country, birthday and the bio, and the right column has cards for friends, communities, series by status, events and meetups, badges and taste match. The tabs are “Overview”, “Statistics”, “Favourites”, “Series”, “Novels”, “Events”, “Trips”, “Collections”, “Achievements” and “Reviews”; comments sit inside “Reviews” and tickets inside “Events”, and the “Favourites” tab and tickets are visible to the owner only. The “How others see it” button shows the profile through a visitor's eyes, and “Share” sends a link to it. The open tab is reflected in the address, so a link to it can be copied and sent.

What do the profile statistics count?#

Events attended, artists seen live, days spent on trips, series finished with their episode and hour counts, novels read, a breakdown by year, a map of visited places and a timeline: the first event, the busiest year, the latest trip (visible to the owner only) and the latest event. Everything is derived from marks already made, with nothing extra to fill in. Series statistics are free; statistics for events, live artists and trips come with a subscription.

How are badges earned?#

Badges unlock automatically once the statistics cross a threshold, and a notification announces each new one. In the profile, a card on the right shows the rarest ones earned with the number of people who have them, and the “Achievements” tab lists them all, newest first. With a subscription, one earned badge can be shown next to the name: Settings → “Personalisation” → “Achievement next to your name”. The full list of badges is not published in advance.

How do I add a friend?#

In the friends section a person is found by name, handle or exact email address, after which a request is sent; the “Add friend” button on their profile does the same. Friendship is mutual: friends see the profile activity regardless of the privacy switches, and by the same rule its friends-only trips, lists and collections open for them. Only friends can be invited on a trip.

How is following someone different from being friends?#

Following is one-way and needs no request: the “Follow” button on the person's profile. They get a notification, and their public updates — reviews open to everyone, watch and reading statuses, public trips — appear on the home page in the “Friends and people you follow” block. Following does not open friends-only entries. Sending a friend request follows the person straight away. Followers and following are gathered on the friends page, on their own tabs next to friends.

How do I style my profile and choose what visitors see?#

Settings → “Personalisation”; the whole section comes with a paid subscription. “Achievement next to your name” shows one of your earned badges in the profile header; “Showcase: what guests see” has checkboxes for the overview blocks and the right-column cards and arrows for their order (the owner always sees everything, and the result can be checked with the “How others see it” button); and there is an avatar frame in one of 13 colours and a profile background — a picture laid blurred under the header. A subscriber uploads a GIF or video avatar up to 15 seconds in settings, on the “Profile” tab. After the subscription ends, the choices stay in the profile but cannot be changed; the “Reset to default” button in “Personalisation” clears the frame, background, achievement next to the name and showcase, and works without a subscription.

What are notifications sent about?#

Friend requests and new followers, trip invitations, replies and likes on comments, new episodes of followed series, a series from your plans starting, a new event for a favourite artist, birthdays of favourite artists and friends, friends marking events, community invitations and new topics, new badges. Everything collects in the bell in the header.

How do I connect Telegram notifications?#

Settings → Security → the Telegram block: signing in through the widget links the account. Start has to be pressed in the bot once afterwards, because Telegram does not let a bot write first. The bot also answers “/today” and “/week” with what is on for you — episodes, events, presale starts and birthdays of your favourite artists. Which notifications are repeated in the bot is set with the switches on the “Notifications” tab.

Subscription

A promo is running: every subscription feature except profile personalisation — frame, background, moving avatar, achievement next to the name and showcase — is open to everyone with an account; it ends on November 7. The answers below describe the subscription itself — what it covers and how it works.

What does a subscription give?#

The full event feed with its filters, search and archive; the calendar and day pages; trips beyond the free one; the personal features around an event — “I'm going” marks, tickets, friends going, notes, the presale reminder and the calendar export; statistics and badges for events, live artists and trips in the profile (series statistics and badges stay free); the weekly digest in Telegram; creating own places, lists of places beyond the first, collections beyond three and communities; and profile personalisation — a star next to the name, an avatar frame, a profile background, a GIF or video avatar up to 15 seconds, an achievement next to the name and the showcase for guests.

What works without a subscription?#

The catalogue of series, artists, groups, agencies and novels in full, watch statuses, ratings and the episode counter, reviews and comments, favourites, filming locations and the map, visited marks, friends and following people, the profile with series statistics and “Favourites”, notifications, taking part in communities, one trip of your own and one list of places of your own, the MyDramaList import and the export of personal data. In the event feed the five nearest events and any individual event page are open. Places and lists created earlier stay available as well.

How do I subscribe?#

The subscription is monthly: it renews every month and can be cancelled at any time. It is set up by arrangement through the feedback form. A promo code is entered in the subscription block that appears in place of a closed section, and adds the corresponding number of months.

What happens when a subscription runs out?#

A reminder arrives in Telegram three days before the end, if the account is linked. Nothing is deleted: trips, lists, statuses and marks are kept and open again once the subscription is renewed. A chosen frame, profile background, moving avatar, achievement next to the name and showcase stay in the profile but cannot be changed without a subscription; resetting them to the default look works without one. Exporting personal data works without a subscription as well.

Privacy

Who can see my profile?#

Friends see the profile activity regardless of these settings. For everyone else the “Privacy” tab has four switches: hide the activity entirely, or hide badges, favourite artists and visited places separately. On top of that, with a subscription blocks can be removed from the profile showcase in “Personalisation” — then nobody but the owner sees them, friends included. Email, tickets and private reviews are visible to the owner only.

Who can see a trip?#

A trip has three levels of visibility: private, friends-only and public — a public one opens by link for anyone, including visitors without an account. Personal entries, bookings and to-dos inside are shown to participants only, even in a public trip; each entry has its own visibility and can never be more open than the trip around it.

How do I leave a private review?#

The review form has a “Private review” checkbox. Such a review is visible to its author only — neither on the entry page nor in the profile — and is left out of the average score.

What data does the site keep about a user?#

What the service needs to work: the account, the marks made on the site, trips and notes. The list of collected data, the third-party services involved and the retention periods are described in the privacy policy. An account can be deleted from the “Security” tab in settings.

Import and export

How do I import a list from MyDramaList?#

Settings → “Import and export”: paste the link to a public list in the form mydramalist.com/dramalist/handle, copied from the address bar; a profile's display name will not do. Statuses, episode progress and ratings are transferred. The import never rolls progress back: the higher episode count wins, a status is not downgraded and a rating is written only into an empty field. Running it again tops up the same data. No subscription is required.

Why were some series not found during the import?#

Series that were not found are saved as a request to add them to the catalogue. Once such a series appears in the catalogue, the status is filled in automatically and a notification announces it.

How do I export my data?#

Settings → “Import and export”: the export returns six CSV files — series, events, trips, trip entries, artists and places. The files open in Excel and Google Sheets. No subscription is required for the export.

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