Speaking to an audience at Stanford University, Zuckerberg stated that the film portrayed his motivations for creating Facebook inaccurately; instead of an effort to “get girls”, he says he created the site because he enjoys “building things”. 

— Wikipedia on The Social Network

One of the most interesting things to me was his analysis of what The Social Network got wrong. People in Hollywood couldn’t imagine that someone would build something because they were interested in building things, so they had to create another, perhaps more “movie-compatible,” motivation for him.

— Mark Zuckerberg on What Hollywood Doesn’t Get About Silicon Valley

— Jessica Livingston

2011.03.21 Monday ACHK