Joint communication sessions

A method for joining online communication sessions, the method comprising:

• sending, from a user to multiple specified users, a trigger to join two or more user-to-user communication sessions which include previous user communications to multiple specified users, into a joint communication session;
• rendering, at a device associated with the user, the joint communication session including some or all of the text rendered in each of the user communications prior to the sending of the trigger;
• and
• rendering at the device associated with the user, future communications directed to the joint communication from users associated with the joint communication.

An article comprising a computer-readable medium having encoded thereon software for enabling rendering of a joint communication, the software including instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

• enable the establishment and rendering of a first instance of a joint communication at devices associated with joint communication users, the first instance including:
• text associated with user-to-user communications which were originally sent from and to the joint communication users, and
• text associated with a first communication sent from any of the joint communication users;
• and
• enable the establishment and rendering of a second instance of the joint communication at a device associated with an additional user, after the sending of the first communication, the second instance including:
• text associated with user-to-user communications which were originally sent from and to the joint communication users,
• text associated with a user-to-user communication between a user of the joint communication and the additional user, and
• text associated with the first instance of the joint communication sent from any of the joint communication users.