Co-authored with superstar team @marcuscarter.com @benegliston.bsky.social @tianyizhangshao.bsky.social @leonxiao.com - you can find the preprints here:

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MORE RANTS!!!!! 😂

(Crowd chants) dubbo 👏 dubbo 👏 dubbo 👏

Thank you!! 🥰

Then, we make 4 recs for designing games in kids’ best interests:
1. No monetised random chance features!
2. Easy access to refunds for child accounts
3. Better protection for kids’ accounts & items, and
4. Reversible & transparent virtual currencies

✨Games are good, but they could be better✨

Kids used words like “scams”, “lying” & “false” to describe harmful spending features & outcomes in games. So, we argue that kids are harmed when game monetisation features are deceptive & misleading. Spending in games isn’t bad - but it is when it deceives children.

It was fun! It’s great to see the research coming together 😊