”

Mark Zuckerberg was asked what he thought of The Social Network in an October 16, 2010 interview at Y Combinator’s startup school. His response:

“It’s interesting what stuff they focused on getting right. Like every single shirt or fleece they have in that movie is actually a shirt or fleece that I own. But… So there’s all this stuff they got wrong and a bunch of random details they got right.

“The thing that I think that is actually most thematically interesting that they got wrong is the whole framing of the movie. Kind of the way that it starts is I’m with this girl (who doesn’t exist in real life) who dumps me (which has happened in real life, a lot). And basically they frame it as if the whole reason for making Facebook or building something is that I wanted to get girls or wanted to get into some kind of social institution.

“And the reality for people who know me is I’ve been dating the same girl since before I started Facebook so obviously that’s not part of it. It’s such a big disconnect that the people who make movies think of what people in Silicon Valley do building stuff. They just can’t wrap their head around that someone might build something because they like building things.”

Ranjit Mathoda