Oscarone Alaron Sorkin ntseeg tau tias txij li cov zis ntawm "social network" rau zaj yeeb yaj kiab tshiab tau sau ntau cov ntaub ntawv nthuav. "Hais txog Facebook 2005 Kuv paub ntau tshaj li ntawm lub tuam txhab hauv xyoo 2018, tab sis kuv paub txaus kom ntseeg siab txog qhov xav tau ntawm sequel. Tom qab qhov kawg ntawm thawj zaj duab xis, ntau cov xwm txheej nthuav tshwm sim tshwm sim. Piv txwv li, kev sib hais nrog cov kwv tij winscloss thiab Eduardo Savorin tau xaus lawm, "Tus kws tshuaj ntsuam tau piav qhia. Nrog nws lub tswv yim, tus tsim cov yeeb yaj kiab Scott Rudin tau pom zoo, uas txawm xa ob peb tsab ntawv nrog cov lus nug: "Puas yog sijhawm sijhawm txuas ntxiv?"
Tej zaum cov neeg tsim ntawm txoj cai, vim hais tias cov sequel ntawm "social network" tuaj yeem qhia txog qhov kev tshawb nrhiav tus kheej cov ntaub ntawv thiab lwm cov dab neeg tsaus ntawm Facebook. Rau cov ntawv sau zoo rau cov thawj zaj duab xis Alaron Sorkin tau txais nws thawj Oscar hauv 2011. Koj muaj peev xwm tsis ntseeg tias kev txuas ntxiv ntawm daim kab xev yuav tsis muaj kev nthuav tsawg, thiab tam sim no nws tseem nyob rau cov neeg tuaj saib.