About to ruin the Facebook "trending" section for u

Q: What's scarier than losing your media industry job because Facebook is taking over all things ~content~?

A: Actually working in a "journalistic" capacity for Facebook, curating and rewriting headlines for the "Trending News" section on repeat, until The Algorithm comes of age, takes your job and eats you alive.

^^yep.

Read the downright chilling accounts of the poor people who decide what goes into Facebook's Trending section, at Gizmodo: "Want to know what Facebook really thinks of journalists? Here's what happened when it hired some."

(Thoughhhh, to be fair, Re/code points out that ~bots writing stories~ isn't exactly new, in: "TFW you realizet he robot you trained is going to take your job.")

Still, I'm gonna leave you with one last horrifying thought:

Happy Wednesday!!!!!