We have just launched FileSocial’s private beta, and the public version will be definitively open during the next few days.
FileSocial is a service based on Twitter, born of the need to share other kinds of files besides photos. TwitPic is one of the most popular services, but falls short the moment we want to share a song, a video, a pdf… Alberto Bajo’s restless mind started to ruminate on this and in next to no time the concept started to take shape, setting in motion the cogwheels of our “team machine”. Now, we are pleased to present FileSocial Beta.
FileSocial allows you to share any kind of file, in any format, using your Twitter account. It doesn’t matter if its a doc, xls, flv, avi, zip or a totally unknown format – upload it and automatically (if you want) a “tweet” will be posted on your account with the comment or description you choose and a permanent link to the file, where all users can view, download or comment on your post. The comments you write or receive in any FileSocial file will be posted as @reply in Twitter. It’s as easy as that!
Why an application based on Twitter? Ever since we started we have been itching to mess around with its API and develop something related to the microblogging tool that the whole Ideateca team (not forgetting the few million others out there as well) uses daily.
Is there anything you want to ask? Have you found any errors, or have you got any suggestions to make? You can do so through our forums at UserVoice. We’d love to hear from you!
We hope you like it and above all that it turns out to be as useful and practical as it is for us. Come on, try FileSocial!