Or, as a Facebook employee who attended the movie with me put it: “No one would like [The Circle].
It’s reality.” And that’s a reality that is much more interesting and troubling than the techno-Hogwarts we’re treated to by The Circle.
Some of the parallels between TruYou and Facebook hit home to Dan, a self-described “nobody” at Facebook who asked not to be identified to protect his job.
The Circle gives us a hyperbolically evil version of social media, while Zuckerberg makes us feel like he’s our friend as he reduces us to data that can be monetized.