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Here is the official word from Microsoft TechNet, The C:\Users folder is shared when any sub folders from C:\Users\<username>\ is shared. The article is stale and mostly unhelpful, but worth knowing to complete the story.
Shared resource. In computing, a shared resource, or network share, is a computer resource made available from one host to other hosts on a computer network.