I can't duplicate my Desktop folders behavior

I have dropbox and when I drag my /User/Desktop folder into it's folder, It doesn't create a folder that updates, or mirrors to desktop. It only creates a snapshot type of copy. The icon ends up being the generic folder icon instead of the /User folder type folder with an icon on it.
Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but it seems like a while back, (this year) I used to be able to drag these User folders to other folders and they would create folders that mirrored them, like a smart folder.
I work from my desktop until I am done with a project, so I would like to have access to those files and have them update of course instead of manually dragging them to another folder that will sync all the time.
Any ideas?

Hi Bryan,
I used to drag and drop files like you are doing but I found out that sometimes it only created a link to the file. I would suggest copying your desktop folder (command+C) and then pasting (command+V) into your dropbox folder and see if that makes a difference.

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