Abstract: A system and method for file sharing comprises receiving at a server tags corresponding to files of a user. The tags are based on information from the files and are associated with the user. Each of the tags is stored in a list associated with the user and compared to a list of tags previously stored by the server. The list of tags previously stored by the server includes tags associated with a plurality of different users and having corresponding files stored by the server. The server receives a file of the files which correspond to the tags in the list associated with the user if a corresponding tag of the file is not in the list of tags previously stored by the server. The user is provided access to files stored by the server which correspond to the tags stored in the list associated with the user.