Social Network

Social network-
The movie really demonstrated how it is now possible to exist in two worlds, the virtual and the actual, and the eventual outcome of their simultaneous existence. By telling Mark Zuckerberg’s life story, the film brought up the dilemma between online actions and real life consequences.
After breaking up with his now ex- girlfriend, Mark goes directly to his computer and begins to blog. He doesn’t talk to a friend or even call his mother, he finds solace on the Internet. However, there is a big difference between talking to a person and a blog as Mark soon learns. In his blogging session, he insults his ex girlfriend, compares women to farm animals, and describes his illegal hacking activities. Each of these situations shows an interesting mix of these two worlds. One of Mark’s friend’s originally had the idea of comparing women, however he only said it to whoever was in the room, Mark put it online. These words would come back to haunt him repeatedly during his trials. When people say some mean or regretful things in real life there are direct results. Form name calling on a playground to a politician denouncing homosexuality, words have consequences. Online is no different, in fact it is worse because the Internet makes a permanent record of information and sends it to the entire world. That is what the Internet is, a place where information becomes permanent and available to anyone who can access it. Mark proved the availability of any information when he hacks into the school system and finds all the photos. While doing so, he writes about it on his blog, and details his illegal actions online. He does not see his blog as being part of the actual world and having real consequence or the difference between writing a blog and writing in a journal.
For most of the movie Mark is more concerned with this internet life than his real one; he devotes his existence to creating Facebook and while he created something revolutionary, he is alone. The people who surround his world, lawyers, interns, are there because of Facebook, not for Mark. The problem is that the internet it not the real world, you can not confuse them, no matter we attach ourselves to the Internet, we still have to deal with reality.