The Social Network
Shares rank 12 of 24 films by recommenders
People recommend it as a great film and a soundtrack they listen to often. Critics say it takes liberties with the facts, including invented scenes and characters.
People recommend it as a great film and a soundtrack they listen to often. Critics say it takes liberties with the facts, including invented scenes and characters.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Praised as a great film
“the social network was a really good movie”
Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Amazon drops Sam Altman movie after announcing OpenAI partnership” “But The Social Network is a great film.”
Comment from 17 Jun 2026 in “Anthropic Employees Accuse Trump Administration of Targeting Them”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Fictionalized events and invented characters
“the events depicted in The Social Network regarding Facemash's traffic level supposedly crashing the Harvard FAS network were fictional”
Comment from 15 Aug 2026 in “Corgi kills short-lived website that ranked its female employees” “much of the original was not true nor promised to be more accurate this time around”
Comment from 9 Jun 2026 in “CEOs Who Think AI Replaces Their Employees Are Just Bad CEOs” “a fabricated character arc involving an ex-girlfriend who does not exist”
Comment from 9 Jun 2026 in “CEOs Who Think AI Replaces Their Employees Are Just Bad CEOs”
Other films people recommend
The four most recommended other films, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Odyssey by Christopher Nolan | 50 | 37 | 57% | 7 | — | — |
| Perfect Days (2023 film) | 19 | 1 | 95% | 9 | — | Approved |
| The Secret Agent (2025 film) | 18 | 9 | 67% | 2 | — | — |
| One Battle After Another | 17 | 14 | 55% | 5 | — | — |
| The Social NetworkThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the events depicted in The Social Network regarding Facemash's traffic level supposedly crashing the Harvard FAS network were fictional”
“the social network was a really good movie”
“But The Social Network is a great film.”
“much of the original was not true nor promised to be more accurate this time around”
“a fabricated character arc involving an ex-girlfriend who does not exist”
“as The Social Network illustrates, wrong of Zuckerberg to do, too”
“Most of the time I just listen to the whole The Social Network soundtrack”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.