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Facebook sharing features are live
When you share something with another Facebook user, it shows up in their right sidebar, not in their News Feed, which will be a relief to those who were afraid of overzealous linkers (or those with dreams of "free" iPods) spamming things up. Like events, you can enter someone's e-mail address if they don't have a Facebook account, but they have to register for an account before they can see what you've shared. There is, naturally, a bookmarklet that you can use to share links from across the web, as well as MP3s and videos from YouTube and Google Video.Overall, I think Facebook's new Sharing features are well-implemented and well-thought out. They don't get in the way, it's easy to control who you share with and easier still to manage items. I really wish MP3s had an embedded player like videos do, but you can't win 'em all. Look after the jump for a bunch of screenshots of it in action.
Your shared items appear on your Mini-Feed if you choose, and you can remove them later with the X button. Others can use the "Share" button to share them themselves. Unfortunately, no embedded player for MP3 files, unlike videos (below).
This is the pop-up that appears when you use the bookmarklet. Videos from YouTube and Google Video show a thumbnail. I like how it grabs the description from YouTube, too. On the right you can add Facebook users or email addresses to share with.
This is how a video shows up on your Mini-Feed. Clicking on the Play button...
...makes it expand to the full embedded player.
Clicking on the Share button on a photo shows this attractive dialog.
The My Shares page shows everything you've shared. You can remove items with the X button, which also deletes their associated comments, etc.
So far I haven't see any "Facebook Sharing is teh sux" or "OMG SHARING wut is this MySpace!!1?" groups pop up, but I suspect it's only a matter of time.
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Larry Waldman said 9:27PM on 10-27-2006
Interesting to see how popular this is from a content sharing perspective, and what that says about the consumer market.
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Sushil Verma said 5:44AM on 11-03-2006
this is good way to keep all link in one location and visible to users.
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