Nick Byrd, Ph.D.<p>Nudging is not necessarily noble!</p><p>Adding gamification ("achievement badges and motivational prompts") to <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/onlineTrading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onlineTrading</span></a> increased risk-taking, especially in people with less experience or <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literacy</span></a> (a std. dev. of which reduced risk by 56%!).</p><p>🔓 <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2025.101049" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2025.10</span><span class="invisible">1049</span></a></p>