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The Community feed is your hub for discovering sessions and media shared by other JOIP users, and showcasing your own creations.

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Overview

Community provides:
  • Unified Feed: Browse sessions and media in one place
  • Advanced Search: Filter by creator, subreddit, character, tags
  • Like System: Show appreciation for great content
  • Save Feature: Copy community content to your library
  • Deep Previews: View session details before saving

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Browsing the Feed

The main Community page shows a grid of shared content:

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Content Types

All content appears in a single feed, with visual indicators: Sessions (Video icon badge)
  • Thumbnail preview
  • Session title
  • Creator name (clickable)
  • Subreddit badges or “Custom” badge
  • Like count
  • Tags (if any)
Media (Image badge)
  • Image preview
  • Filename
  • Source badge (Smart Caption, BabeCock, etc.)
  • Creator name (clickable)
  • Character name (if set)
  • Like count
  • Tags (if any)
Content from admin users shows “⚡️Joip” as the creator name.

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Search and Filtering

The search bar at the top provides powerful filtering: Text Search
  • Searches: titles, filenames, creator names, subreddits, captions
  • Real-time filtering (300ms debounce)
  • Case-insensitive matching
Filter Chips Click chips to add filters:

Creator

Filter by content creator:
  • Type name to search
  • Click user badge on cards for quick filter
  • Shows creator’s full name or email

Subreddit

Filter by source subreddit:
  • Only shows Reddit-sourced content
  • Type r/subreddit or just subreddit
  • Auto-suggestions as you type

Character

Filter by character name:
  • Only shows media with character tags
  • Click purple character badges for quick filter
  • Useful for finding specific people

Tags

Filter by user-added tags:
  • Multiple tag selection
  • AND/OR mode toggle
  • Auto-suggestions from existing tags
Tag Filtering Modes
  • Match All (AND): Results must have ALL selected tags
  • Match Any (OR): Results must have ANY selected tag
Toggle between modes using the switch next to tag chips.

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Sorting

Sort dropdown options:
  • Hot: Popular content (likes + recency)
  • New: Most recently shared (default)
  • Top: Highest like count overall
Sort preferences persist in URL query parameters, so you can bookmark specific filter combinations.

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Interacting with Content

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Session Actions

Click any session card to open preview modal:Preview Modal Shows:
  • Full session title
  • Thumbnail/preview image
  • Creator information (with click-to-filter)
  • Creation date
  • Subreddit list or “Custom Session” badge
  • Like count
  • Session tags (clickable)
  • Description (if available)
Available Actions:
  • Play: Save and immediately play session
  • Save: Copy to your Sessions library
  • Close: Return to feed
Preview modal supports deep-linking: ?session={id} opens preview automatically.

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Media Actions

Click Save button on media card:What Happens:
  1. Media copied to your Media Vault
  2. Preserves filename, character name, metadata
  3. Appears in vault with source badge
  4. No credit cost
After Saving:
  • Full file management (rename, share, delete)
  • Independent from community version

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Liking Content

Show appreciation by liking content: How to Like:
  • Click the heart icon on any session or media card
  • Heart fills in red when liked
  • Click again to unlike
Like Count:
  • Displayed next to heart icon
  • Tabular numbers for clean alignment
  • Updates in real-time
Impact on Sorting:
  • “Hot” sort weighs likes heavily
  • “Top” sort ranks by total likes
  • Your likes are private (others can’t see what you liked)
Liking is free and unlimited. It helps surface quality content for other users.

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Sharing Your Content

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Sharing Sessions

1

Make Session Public

From your Sessions page:
  1. Click Share on any session
  2. Toggle Public to ON
  3. This makes session visible in Community
2

Enable Community Sharing

In the share dialog:
  • Toggle Share to Community to ON (default)
  • This creates a snapshot in community feed
Turning OFF “Share to Community” removes the session from the feed (even if Public is ON).
3

Manage Shared Session

To update or remove:
  1. Open share dialog again
  2. Edit title, description, tags
  3. Toggle community sharing off to remove from feed
What Gets Shared:
  • Session metadata (title, thumbnail, subreddits)
  • All media files (copied to community storage)
  • User-added tags
  • Your user info (name/email)

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Sharing Media

1

Share from Media Vault

Open Media Vault:
  1. Click Share icon on any media
  2. Toggle Share to Community to ON (default)
  3. Click Share to confirm
2

Share from Tools

When saving from Smart Captions or BabeCock:
  • Click Save to Vault
  • Media auto-shares to community by default
  • Unshare later from vault if needed
3

Manage Shared Media

To update or remove:
  1. Open share dialog in vault
  2. Toggle community sharing off to remove from feed
  3. Media remains in your vault
Shared media is copied to the general storage bucket for durability. Deleting from your vault doesn’t affect the community version.

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Admin Features

Only visible to admin users.

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Hide/Unhide Content

Admins can moderate community content:
  • Eye icon: Visible in community
  • Eye-off icon: Hidden from community (yellow badge shows “Hidden”)
Click to toggle visibility. Hidden content:
  • Not visible to regular users
  • Still accessible by creator
  • Can be unhidden at any time

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Edit Like Count

Admins can manually adjust like counts:
  1. Click pencil icon on session or media card
  2. Enter new like count
  3. Click Save
Use for:
  • Seeding initial likes on quality content
  • Correcting errors
  • Boosting underappreciated content

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Advanced Search Examples

  1. Click any creator badge on a card
  2. Feed filters to that creator’s content
  3. Or manually type creator name in search
Use Case: Following a prolific creator’s work
  1. Click purple character badge on media
  2. Feed filters to that character
  3. Or type character name in search
Use Case: Finding all content featuring a specific person
Example: Find JOI sessions from r/goddesses by specific creator:
  1. Text search: “joi”
  2. Add creator filter chip
  3. Add subreddit filter: “goddesses”
  4. Sort by “Top”
Result: Highly specific filtered view
  1. Add tag filter: “blonde”
  2. Add tag filter: “joi”
  3. Set mode to “Match All” (AND)
  4. Sort by “Hot”
Result: Trending blonde JOI content

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Best Practices

Before sharing:
  • Test playback to ensure session works
  • Verify all media loads correctly
  • Add descriptive tags for discoverability
  • Use clear, descriptive titles
  • Set appropriate category
After sharing:
  • Monitor likes and feedback
  • Update tags if content isn’t discovered
  • Remove low-performing content
Use filters strategically:
  • Start broad (just sort by Hot/New)
  • Add filters to narrow down
  • Click badges on cards for quick filtering
  • Bookmark URLs with your favorite filters
Engage with creators:
  • Like content you enjoy
  • Filter by creator to see their other work
  • Save sessions for later playback
Keep library organized:
  • Only save content you’ll actually use
  • Edit saved sessions to customize
  • Delete unsuccessful saves
  • Use favorites to mark best finds

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Troubleshooting

Issue: Saving costs 25 credits, you don’t have enoughSolution:
  • Purchase more credits
  • Or use the preview modal to view without saving
  • Bookmark session URL to save later
Possible causes:
  • Source images deleted from community
  • Network timeout during copy
  • Storage quota exceeded
Solutions:
  • Try saving again
  • Contact support if media is missing
  • Original creator may have removed content
Possible causes:
  • Content hidden by admin
  • Creator unshared it
  • Filters hiding it
Solutions:
  • Clear all filters and search
  • Try different sort order
  • Ask creator to verify sharing settings
For sessions:
  • Verify “Public” is ON
  • Verify “Share to Community” is ON
  • Wait a few seconds for snapshot creation
  • Refresh Community page
For media:
  • Verify vault share toggle is ON
  • Check that file uploaded successfully
  • Refresh Community page

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Privacy and Safety

Shared Content is PublicContent shared to community:
  • Visible to all JOIP users
  • Cannot be made private after sharing (must unshare/delete)
  • Includes your user info (name/email)
  • May be saved by other users before you unshare
Best Practices:
  • Only share content you’re comfortable being public
  • Use professional/anonymous display name if privacy-conscious
  • Review shared content periodically
  • Unshare outdated or unwanted content
  • Report inappropriate content to admins

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