Everything The Social Network Got Wrong
In 2010, David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin released The Social Network, a movie about the founding of Facebook. One of the most acclaimed films of its day, it won three Oscars, turned Jesse Eisenberg into a major star, and portrayed Mark Zuckerberg in a way that reportedly left the Facebook founder deeply unhappy. That may be because much of what happens in The Social Network didn’t actually happen the way the movie shows it.
In this episode of Weird History, we take a look at the real story behind Facebook’s founding, including the friendships, betrayals, lawsuits, and dramatic confrontations that inspired the film to determine what really happened and what Hollywood changed in the name of entertainment.
Are you surprised to learn how inaccurate The Social Network was? Let us know in the comments.
(Much like real history, this video was produced entirely by human beings.)
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@horaciogarza4482
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
Let’s make sure our overlords get a fare shake. Glad you published a video about this.
@wangtoriojackson4315
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
Lol did Zuck force you to make this video? Is he holding your family hostage?
@primemeridian0
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
if this movie were released today, it would be surprising if it received any elite nominations
@travisladecker
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
Never watched the movie
@Synthetik25
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
These bots saying this movie is bad is hilarious, you are all so addicted to social media… i actually think this video is pretty weak and just believes everything Zuck says in interviews like he is a beacon of truth lol
@domdanbok
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
This episode is the most I will ever watch of this movie.
@wross012
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
Virgin defends virgin was not what I wa expecting. You’re a loser lmao
@Gawd-z3c
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
Great!
@lindacoolbaugh962
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
I saw The Social Network once and that was enough….
@Shards-of-Narsil
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
Never saw it.
@kirbymarchbarcena
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
So this movie was based on a true-to-lie story
@bostonluyasar7045
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
the end of david fincher's career also
@ultimateamv4216
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
I knew there was no way all that exciting stuff that happened in the movie happened in real life. I didn't pay close attention to the movie when I saw it the first time but on the second watch I really enjoyed it I don't even know why, its nostalgic to me for some reason it reminds me of the early 2010's.
@velvetdogg7375
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
I watched this movie once it was okay. I haven't thought about it since.
@markadams7046
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
I thought the movie was overrated myself. I mean I know dramatic movies are not documentaries, but I didn't realize just how much the movie detoured from reality.
@m.d.s.9658
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
I got off FB long ago, I'm on FriendFace now! 🤓
@DaFactsNoNonsense1713
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
Zuckerberg DID steal the company from his "friend"; he DID steal the IDEA of "Facebook" from the "Winklevoss" twins, who paid him to create "Facebook" for them; he DID plan to create a "social-network", from his "friends" ideas, but changed his mind, when the Winklevoss' approached him with a better idea then he already had = Zuckerberg's DEFINITELY a "scumbag/douche-bag". So it doesn't matter what the movie says
@matttracker5352
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
The movie left out the future part where he bends the knee to Trump and forever links himself to one of the biggest villains in history.
@urwinbroll
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
not gonna watch this. f mark suckerborg and all he stands for. convince me he's not an industry plant when back in the day we already had myspace which was far superior to failbook.
@aaronfox5559
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
Every “true story” from Hollywood is 85 percent fake. Hollyhood
@NASCARFAN93100
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
We're gonna get The Social Reckoning over a month before GTA 6.
@patusoro4781
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
🟥 what this video gets wrong: It fails to mention LifeLog ❗
LifeLog was a Pentagon research project in 2003. It envisioned an extensive digital record of a person’s life, communications, purchases, movements, media use, and friends. It was canceled in February 2004, right around the time Facebook was launched.
An always updated database of millions of people, run for free where the users would keep their own data updated. The wet dream of every government.
@rabbitttz
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
I only saw that movie once when it was new and completely forgot it existed tbh.
@KnollBelle
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
the movie is almost complete fiction but very loosely based on real events.
@EdwardandJessicaMiller
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
The first thing it got wrong was casting the likable Jesse Eisenberg to give MZ something akin to actual human personality.
@jaredgrant6707
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 am
First view