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apf6 t1_je5uh48 wrote

In general Sorkin dramas are not very historically accurate. I love the guy but he is known to embellish massively.

But we know for sure The Social Network (2009) is not really accurate because of information that came out later. In 2012, Mark's AOL instant message history was leaked. Mark flat out says that he plans to steal the idea from the Winklevosses and screw them over. He also says a lot of stuff that confirms he's a shitty person. Looking back now you could argue that the Winklevosses were the good guys all along.

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TheWorstYear t1_je70tyn wrote

Zuckerberg was like every moron on 4chan. Not surprising. Also kind of goes along with the main narrative beats of the film. Cutting out the fluff, the film gave the impression that the Eduardo/Mark rift stemmed from Eduardo putting in startup funds, making himself the CFO, & then not doing anything productive past that. Mark resented that Eduardo had any control despite not involved in actually building the site, he didn't want Eduardo to have anymore input, & Mark stopped informing Eduardo of potential investments and business decisions.
Though it seems like Mark & Eduardo were only equatences in a class, & not actually friends. Which the movie really inflated.

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