O Facebook anunciou recentemente que despediria todos os seus colaboradores ligados à área Trending News, substituindo-os por algoritmos que vão passar a escolher quais as notícias mais vistas e partilhadas na rede social. Mas como era realmente trabalhar nesta área?

Uma colaboradora da Trending News, Saira Khan, utilizou o Twitter para partilhar as 14 coisas mais positivas e absurdas da sua experiência no Facebook, corroborando rumores antigos que a equipa de liderança da rede social é menos organizada do que seria de esperar dentro de uma das grandes tecnológicas.

O despedimento dos membros da Trending News foi determinado pela polémica em que o Facebook se viu envolvido com o Partido Republicano dos EUA, sendo acusado que estaria a omitir notícias relacionadas com esta ala política nesta área. Em baixo pode ficar a saber o que Khan retira de positivo (e negativo) da sua experiência no Facebook.

In case you didn't hear, Facebook's trending team was laid off Friday, effective immediately.

— Saira Khan (@sairakh) 29 de agosto de 2016

I was on this team from 2014 to a few months ago. In honor of the team's demise I'll be sharing the 14 best & most absurd things I saw there

— Saira Khan (@sairakh) 29 de agosto de 2016

1. At one of my last team meetings, a manager talked about how much she loves her job and loves working at FB. She then announced 6 layoffs.

— Saira Khan (@sairakh) 29 de agosto de 2016

2. We worked long hours. Once, after a 4pm-12am shift, some of us took shots of bourbon and danced to Taylor Swift's Style until 3am.

— Saira Khan (@sairakh) 29 de agosto de 2016

3. We were told it didn't matter that we didn't have PTO. "Youre well paid contractors & it's not like any of you are married or have kids"

— Saira Khan (@sairakh) 29 de agosto de 2016

4. I went to Karaoke in NYC for the first time with members of the team. At 12am. After work. #blessed

— Saira Khan (@sairakh) 29 de agosto de 2016

5. Our manager ignored us for the holidays. So a team member put together a dinner and there were bottles of vodka--FROZEN in ice.

— Saira Khan (@sairakh) 29 de agosto de 2016

6. I granny bowled a strike at a team outing. #olympicmaterial

— Saira Khan (@sairakh) 29 de agosto de 2016

7. One team member really loves Christmas. In fact, he once dressed up as Santa for us.

— Saira Khan (@sairakh) 29 de agosto de 2016

8. Once someone complained about low morale and they were told to be happy they have a job where they make "adult money."

— Saira Khan (@sairakh) 29 de agosto de 2016

9. In case I wasn't clear: The Trending team's contractors loved to dance.

— Saira Khan (@sairakh) 29 de agosto de 2016

10. Some of the people I met at the job are my best friends now and THAT is something I'll always be grateful for.

— Saira Khan (@sairakh) 29 de agosto de 2016

11. This guardian piece is the most accurate story I read about the Trending team. https://t.co/FY1mo8unr3

— Saira Khan (@sairakh) 29 de agosto de 2016

12. Trending taught me that most most of the world only cares about two things: sports and entertainment.

— Saira Khan (@sairakh) 29 de agosto de 2016

Adding to No. 12: Sometimes animals.

— Saira Khan (@sairakh) 29 de agosto de 2016

13. Our nickname for "Facebook Media Central" was "Media Hell."

— Saira Khan (@sairakh) 29 de agosto de 2016

14. This gif was used by most members of the team in almost all conversations about it: pic.twitter.com/kPs30cAivm

— Saira Khan (@sairakh) 29 de agosto de 2016

#RIP Facebook Trending. You will kinda be missed?

— Saira Khan (@sairakh) 29 de agosto de 2016