Dropbox sharing Facebook integration goes live

It is now possible for users who have both a Facebook account and a Dropbox account to send files and folders to one another in a seamlessly integrated social capacity. In other words, users can choose to share their Dropbox files with friends and colleagues through a newly implemented Facebook integration platform. This comes after the cloud-based company hired former Facebook executives.

Many Facebook users will find this feature useful since it means they don’t have to deal with copying and pasting e-mail addresses or trying to remember Dropbox user names. Unfortunately, there’s still quite a bit of manual work involved since there is no way (yet?) to share a folder with an entire friend list or a Facebook Group.

Facebook haters will of course shun it, but the good news for them is that this is an optional feature. Either way, Dropbox will likely reach an even larger audience thanks to this addition, especially since in order to view the contents of the shared folder, your Facebook friend must register for his own Dropbox account.

The feature was announced on Thursday on Facebook:

    Pssst! Now you can invite your Facebook friends to Dropbox shared folders. http://dropbox.com/share

Ironically, I only noticed it today, when Dropbox announced the new addition on Twitter:

    Pssst! Now you can invite your Facebook friends to @Dropbox shared folders. http://dropbox.com/share

The company again followed up on Facebook today:

    In case you missed it, now you can share folders with your Facebook friends! Check it out: http://dropbox.com/share