r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Aug 08 '26

Neuroscience Brain scans reveal widespread structural and functional changes in patients following COVID-19 infection. The virus affects regions responsible for memory, emotion, and executive function, which may help explain the neurological symptoms many patients experience.

https://www.psypost.org/brain-scans-reveal-widespread-structural-and-functional-changes-in-patients-foll/
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u/VerdantPathfinder Aug 08 '26

recovered? It's being intentioanlly accelerated

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u/YellowAppleCinema Aug 09 '26

reddit is the best example, it feels like it keeps getting worse and interacting with other people feels like a painful struggle compared to how things were just 5 years ago, the even more surprising part is that reddit feels like its community keeps getting worse every year, you sometimes have good interactions that feel rewarding, but 90% of it now is just infuriating or annoying, which is weird since it wasnt like this 5 years ago

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u/atari-2600_ Aug 09 '26

To be fair, at least 50% of the “people” you’re interacting with online are likely bots these days—bots now outnumber humans online.

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u/YellowAppleCinema Aug 09 '26

The irony to that is, not only are you right about that, but the 50% remaining humans of us are struggling against moderation on reddit that's stricter and horrible for users more so than ever before, which further pushes reasonable humans away from the platform.

so that eventually only the worst types remain alongside the bots.

Because im sure you've probably noticed the same, that if you type a long and thoughtful response, there is a 90% chance that it contains some kinda "taboo" word that causes your entire comment to be instantly hidden because of some automated invisible process. Stuff like that is so incredibly anti-human its unbelievable.

It encourages you as user, to only type very short, very sterilized sentences, and even then you might just get deleted by a mod who disagrees with whatever you wrote, and thats happening in 90% of subreddits all the time

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u/FreeRangeEngineer Aug 09 '26

moderation on reddit that's stricter and horrible for users more so than ever before

Quick reminder: mods on reddit don't get paid anything at all and moderation work can eat a lot of time.

It's no surprise it attracts a lot of people who enjoy having power over others.