Sean Parker said: "We lived on farms, and then we lived in cities, and now we're going to live on the Internet." That may be true, but I don't want to live in a glass house on Facebook. Maybe because I'm alone and live on the Internet moreso than most people, I like my privacy and the anonymity such as life in cities provides.
Mark Zuckerberg, at the very end of the movie: "Farm animals... I was drunk and angry and stupid and blogging." Even Zuckerberg knows the pitfalls of "letting it all hang out" on the Internet. (This is probably made up, but good point.)
Loved the part where Eduardo Saverin's girlfriend lit his trash can on fire (with the scarf he'd bought her in California inside it) because he hadn't changed his Facebook relationship status from "single" after they'd been together so long. (But she was a psycho anyway.)
See Jeralyn at Talk Left here ("Winklevoss Twins Still Chasing Zuckerberg"). The "Wincklevi" (as Zuckerberg, a Latin student, called them, employing the masculine plural) come across to me as poor losers in this. Zuckerberg came up with his own, better idea and ran with it. He had a bigger picture, and Sean Parker goaded him on.
Eduardo Saverin, Mark's "only friend," fell into a trap (or was "ambushed," as he put it) after he'd threatened the viability of Facebook by freezing the bank account. But he ended up getting a good chunk in his settlement.
I think it was wise of Mark to move to Silicon Valley to really get the thing off the ground. That's where the creative energy is for this kind of venture, not New York City (where Saverin was focusing). New York is not for dreamers. It's all about money and power (and flaunting it). Not Zuckerberg's motivation. (Zuckerberg lives in a modest rented house in Palo Alto.)
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