The Social Network

Part 1. Group Question.

1. What is the name of the university of Mark?
2. What are the names of the different dormitory houses of the university where Mark is studying?.
3. What is the title of the book and name of author were the movie was adapted?
4. What is the complete name of the twins?
5. What is the full name of the girl Mark dated?
6. What is the name of the blog of Mark? What is the blog platfrom of Mark?
7. How much was the agreed share between Mark and Eduardo?
8. What does HASCS stands for?
9. What is the name of the bar where Mark was dating Erica?
10.  What were the charges by the university to Mark?
11. What was the name of the first website made by Mark?
12. How many hits did the first website of Mark earned?
13. Who knows the algorithm? What is the algorithm? Where did he wrote the algorithm? What is Mark in it for?
14. Who suggested putting farm animals next to the picture of students?
15. What was name of the website the twins want to make? What are its features?
16. What is the name of the dormitory of Mark?
17. What was the name of the first website made by Mark?
18. How many hits did the first website of Mark earned?
19. What are some Impressive and Inspirational quotes you could locate in the movie?

Part 2. Individual Reflection. 

1. What is the movie saying about success? Is it something about the moment at which your fantasy of success collides with actual success?
2. Was Mark obsessed or motivated? Why?
3. Mark says, “I built this thing and I’m going to hang onto it - and it’s never going to be finished”. What is underneath that?
4. Is there a price that Mark pays for what he becomes?
5. Does brilliance come with a level of entitlement?
6. Who betrays whom in the movie? Does Mark betray Eduardo or does Eduardo betray Mark? Why?
7. Is the Winklevosses the hero or the villain in the movie? Why? Is Mark the hero or the villain in the movie? Why?
8. Do you think there’s a value to Facebook? Do you think Facebook is fundamentally a good or bad thing? Why?
9. What is the difference and similarity between Mark and Sean?
10. Is part of Sean Parker a cautionary tale to Mark? Why?
11. One of the things in the movie that makes Mark sympathetic is that the world around him is moving so fast. He can’t keep up with what he created. How did you achieve that visceral feeling of everything moving at such a relentless clip?
12. Do creation and destruction generally go hand in hand?
13. What is it that Mark is chasing?
14. In the way that Erica says the Internet isn’t written in pencil, is Mark a victim of that? Why?
15. What does it mean to be a hacker, and what does it mean for this movie to be about one?

1.     “There's difference between being obsessed and motivated,” Mark assures his girlfriend. What is Mark most passionate about? How much is he prepared to sacrifice in pursuit of his goals?

2.    Why did Mark get in trouble for creating FaceMash at the beginning of the movie? What was the privacy rule that he broke?

3.    Mark tells the Winklevoss twins that he uploaded CourseMash for free online instead of selling it to Microsoft for millions. What does this reveal to us about Mark’s motivation for creating these sites?

4.    The Winklevoss twins came up with the idea of HarvardConnection. What made this idea unique from MySpace and Friendster?

5.    What was Mark’s motivation behind creating Facebook? How is his motivation different/same to the Winklevoss twins?

6.    “I was your only friend - you had one friend,” Eduardo tells Mark across the deposition table. What is Mark and Eduardo's friendship like? Why did it break down?

7.    How did Mark get the idea to include relationship status on Facebook profiles? What explanation does he give to Eduardo for including this on Facebook?

8.        Why doesn’t Mark want to put advertising on the site? Do you think he made the right decision?

9.        When does Mark decide to expand the site to other schools? What role did Erica have in this decision?

10.  “As if every thought that tumbles through your head was so clever it would be a crime for it not to be shared,” Mark's ex Erica snaps at Mark. Why are people drawn to the idea of broadcasting their personal lives on the internet?

11.  “The internet's not written in pencil, Mark. It's written in ink,' states Erica, seething at the comments he blogged about her. Why is the typed word so powerful? Why is it tempting to misuse this power online? What positive things can social-networking sites achieve when used to their full potential?

12.  Who is Sean Parker?

13.   Sean Parker: 'You know what's cooler than a million dollars?' 
Eduardo Saverin: 'You?'
Sean Parker: 'A billion dollars.'
How are the themes of 'coolness' and money played out through the film? How do you think users of Facebook will react to knowing that, by sharing their lives publicly, they are allowing someone else to make billions from their personal information?

14.  “Who are you? . . . I mean, what do you do?” Mark asked junior lawyer Marylin Delpy. In what ways does Facebook encourage us to define ourselves? How does this affect our identity and self-image?

15.  How did Mark cheat on his Art class final exam using Facebook?

16.  What finally convinces the Winklevoss twins to sue Mark for intellectual theft?

17.  Why was Eduardo right to mistrust Sean? How is Eduardo pushed out of the business?

18.  By the end of the film, what judgements - if any - do you think the film ultimately makes about Mark and the creation of Facebook? Did he steal the idea?

19.  What are your experiences of Facebook? If you do not have a Facebook account, what are your thoughts about the site? What do you see as its benefits and drawbacks?

20.  Facebook has around 500 million members worldwide. What impact has it had on our culture?

21.  What did you think of the film? How did you respond to Mark?